Re: Make all tree-sitter modes optional

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
>   juri@linkov.net,  casouri@gmail.com,  larsi@gnus.org,  theo@thornhill.no,
>   jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:26:25 -0500
> 
> > That would make this disruptive behavior even less useful, though, because
> > one of the suggested ways to use it was to add (require 'c-ts-mode) to the
> > user's init script -- to have the auto-mode-alist settings applied.
> 
> We should never recommend (require <foo>) as a way to change Emacs's
> behavior, since it directly conflicts with our convention that loading
> a file should not significantly alter Emacs's behavior.

We never do -- except in this case.  Practical considerations trump
elegance, at least sometimes.