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    > However, confusing as these are, they are not as bad as using
    > `eval-after-load' in the "usual" way, for another file.  That is bad
    > for maintenance just as use of advice is bad for maintenance.

    How about starting a file with style guidelines such as these?  We
    could begin as a simple text file somewhere in admin/, and later, when
    it accumulates enough material, rewrite it as a coherent section for
    the ELisp manual.

We already have that section -- it is the Tips appendix.
Want to add a note about this?