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    > For such a case, isn't `feature' enough?  Those who want
    > this feature just does (require FEATURE).

    Well, that's not supposed to change the way Emacs works, but also, I
    think such things should be in Custom so that people can find them in
    the first place.

Both of these reasons are good ones.