From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs-dynamic-module in Emacs Git? Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:41:18 +0200 Message-ID: <83k328637l.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wq6tu5m5.fsf@kima.orebokech.com> <85h9xwhpy9.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <87k32sh50f.fsf@lifelogs.com> <85tx1rg64e.fsf_-_@stephe-leake.org> <87siha7r3b.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87lhmz4mtj.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87sih575rc.fsf@lifelogs.com> <8361dyaqf1.fsf@gnu.org> <83zjb771px.fsf@gnu.org> <851tojm0z6.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <85h9xdjd6a.fsf@stephe-leake.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417628583 21660 80.91.229.3 (3 Dec 2014 17:43:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 17:43:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stephen Leake Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 03 18:42:56 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1XwDx1-0002x9-4h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:42:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42713 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwDx0-0007Q8-Pg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:42:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43174) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwDwi-0007Ay-08 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:42:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwDwb-0001j1-Q1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:42:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout29.012.net.il ([80.179.55.185]:57504) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwDwb-0001hW-JB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:42:29 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout29.012.net.il by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NG000100OWAKX00@mtaout29.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:38:55 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NG000NKFP0VAR30@mtaout29.012.net.il>; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:38:55 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <85h9xdjd6a.fsf@stephe-leake.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.185 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:178737 Archived-At: > From: Stephen Leake > Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:27:41 -0600 > > > We will need a .h file just to compile those modules (we want to be able > > to compile those modules from a compiled version of Emacs, i.e. in the > > absence of the complete C source of Emacs). > > That's not a requirement for me as a package developer, nor if the > modules are distributed as binary. > > But if we want to distribute the modules as source, to be compiled on > each user's machine (as elisp code in ELPA packages is now), then we > need that .h file, yes. We want to allow developers of modules to compile their modules without full access to the Emacs sources, and that requires a header file.