From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard M Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#2061: 23.0.60; Add preference to force load of Elisp files when they are newer than corresponding byte-compiled file Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:31:24 -0500 Message-ID: References: <18813.7599.138907.415045@hungover.brentg.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org, 2061@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232990305 32087 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2009 17:18:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com To: Brent Goodrick , 2061@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 26 18:19:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LRV7N-0001Og-VO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:19:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54830 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRV69-0006KF-O8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:18:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRUya-0002tY-Rw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:10:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRUyZ-0002s5-66 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:10:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54850 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRUyY-0002rX-Ee for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:10:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:51535) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRUyV-0003Tj-8s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:10:15 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRUro-0003Jm-RP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:03:21 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0QGhTTj024555; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:43:29 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n0QGe53E023531; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:40:05 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Richard M Stallman Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:40:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2061 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2061-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2061.123298759522153 (code B ref 2061); Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:40:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2061) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 26 Jan 2009 16:33:15 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0QGX2Zp022145; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:33:03 -0800 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LRUMu-0007EK-NT; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:31:24 -0500 In-reply-to: <18813.7599.138907.415045@hungover.brentg.com> (message from Brent Goodrick on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:19:27 -0800) X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:10:20 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:24554 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:23772 Archived-At: When would the user ever prefer to load the .elc file after having modified the .el file? If you have written changes which are incomplete and not ready to be executed. This feature gives you control over when to start running your changes: you control it by when you compile the files. It is important and it is easy to use.