From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10982: documentation bug eval-after-load Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:40:50 -0500 Message-ID: <55vcmdsme5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1331314881 27171 80.91.229.3 (9 Mar 2012 17:41:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 17:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10982@debbugs.gnu.org To: Le Wang Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 09 18:41:20 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S63oe-0005tJ-3A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:41:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48804 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S63od-0002cW-Gg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:41:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49957) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S63oW-0002cG-Ep for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:41:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S63oQ-0008E0-Bl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:41:12 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33978) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S63oQ-0008Dk-86 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:41:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S63pK-00014K-8u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:42:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:42:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10982 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10982-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10982.13313149134084 (code B ref 10982); Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10982) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Mar 2012 17:41:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40809 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S63pB-00013p-1C for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:41:53 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:57595) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S63p8-00013h-NY for 10982@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:41:51 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S63oA-0007M4-Nu; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:40:51 -0500 X-Spook: COSCO CNCIS ANC Clinton [Hello to all my friends and fans X-Ran: d_H~fwfcSI]E-"IYauEA"&6ej@WznV]GIJ4y%|g$rz)/s1tqu,'@%E#@kA3l5YVHgWYy6K X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Le Wang's message of "Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:33:30 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:57593 Archived-At: Le Wang wrote: > So two issue come up: should symbol even be supported by `eval-after-load` > if the feature might not be finished loading? If it has to be kept for > backward compatibility, documentation should explicitly say don't use > symbol because the feature might not be finished loading. The version of eval-after-load in the trunk handles this better, so that even if provide is not at the end of the file, the eval-after-load forms do not run until the file has finished loading. What is the second issue?