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From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: 74040-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#74040: `require-with-check` signals error for `project`
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 22:42:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvh68vk4x0.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=XVicNb4R_uYdxBvfJ0yPSy9t40Pn3BN+ifxRsS1hkFw@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:24:01 -0700")

> Either patch is fine by me, but having the change more localized is
> certainly nice.

Agreed.

> Do you have any other use case in mind for the new PREFER-NEWER argument
> of `locate-file` than `require-with-check`?  If not, perhaps we should
> avoid making it more complex?

In principle, it's nice to be able to reproduce *exactly* the search
performed by `load` and `require`, but in practice, I don't have any
real use case, no.

I pushed the more localized patch (after fixing it so it actually
works).


        Stefan






      reply	other threads:[~2024-10-29  2:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-27  3:15 bug#74040: `require-with-check` signals error for `project` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-10-27 16:25 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-10-27 16:43   ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-10-27 21:24     ` Stefan Kangas
2024-10-29  2:42       ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]

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