bug#1264: "obsolete" are too early in load-path

bug#1264: "obsolete" are too early in load-path

[Dan Nicolaescu]

"obsolete" should be just about at the end of the list, it's not exactly
where popular files reside...

bug#1264: marked as done ("obsolete" are too early in load-path)

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regarding "obsolete" are too early in load-path
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From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: "obsolete" are too early in load-path
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:36:18 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <200810280636.m9S6aIYk025326@mothra.ics.uci.edu>


"obsolete" should be just about at the end of the list, it's not exactly
where popular files reside...





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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
Cc: 1264-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: "obsolete" are too early in load-path
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:00:19 -0400
Message-ID: <87bpx19ad8.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>

Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> writes:

> Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:
>
>   > > "obsolete" should be just about at the end of the list, it's not
>   > > exactly where popular files reside...
>   > 
>   > startup.el sets the load patch in reverse alphabetical order.  Does it
>   > matter in practice?
>
> For each file loaded there might be 6 extra stat system calls.

OK, I changed update-subdirs to put the obsolete/ directory last.

bug#1264: "obsolete" are too early in load-path

[Chong Yidong]

> "obsolete" should be just about at the end of the list, it's not
> exactly where popular files reside...

startup.el sets the load patch in reverse alphabetical order.  Does it
matter in practice?

bug#1264: "obsolete" are too early in load-path

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:

  > > "obsolete" should be just about at the end of the list, it's not
  > > exactly where popular files reside...
  > 
  > startup.el sets the load patch in reverse alphabetical order.  Does it
  > matter in practice?

For each file loaded there might be 6 extra stat system calls.