From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 22669@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22669: loading term/xterm.elc loads cl-lib at runtime
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:12:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ifoabhetbq.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83oabiy779.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 15 Feb 2016 05:37:46 +0200")
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Loading term/xterm.elc loads cl-lib at runtime.
>> This means that cl-lib is loaded at startup in "emacs -Q -nw", which is
>> undesirable.
>
> Why is that undesirable?
>
> How is xterm.el different from any other package which requires
> cl-lib?
This was explained in http://debbugs.gnu.org/22613#45
Because we generally try to ensure that simply running "emacs -Q"
doesn't need any non-preloaded files to start up. lisp/term/xterm is
something of a corner case. Compare with term/x-win etc, which is
preloaded.
Also in this particular case, it can create the mistaken impression that
cl-lib is always available, which I think leads to some of the ongoing
confusion in bug#22613.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-15 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-14 22:57 bug#22669: loading term/xterm.elc loads cl-lib at runtime Glenn Morris
2016-02-15 3:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-15 18:12 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2016-02-15 19:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-16 6:34 ` Glenn Morris
2016-02-16 15:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
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