Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 4:57:15 PM UTC-6, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> >
> >
> > Ok. But my idea is to have it included and only use it, if users
> >
> > explicitly set the 'experimental' option. So by default users would
> >
> > still use the old, working RE, but users that like to test and
> >
> > contribute can enable the new RE engine so that the new RE engine can be
> >
> > tested more easily.
> >
>
> I like this idea. I'd be happy to turn the option on and run with it
> as long as I had the ability to revert to the old mode when needed if
> I run into a problem. Then we also don't need to worry about a
> whitelist. Just keep it as an "experimental" feature and people know
> to turn it off (and submit a bug report!) if they run into situations
> where it doesn't work.
Question is, if you run into a problem, how do you know you have to turn
off that option? If syntax highlighting is off it might be obvious, but
when some plugins behave badly you might not have a clue.
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