From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: user-init-file source vs. compiled Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:03:23 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87abzxve6v.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170371027 12253 80.91.229.12 (1 Feb 2007 23:03:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 23:03:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Emacs Devel To: "Stefan Monnier" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 02 00:03:40 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HCkxv-000455-Ml for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:03:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HCkxv-0003qn-AA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:03:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HCkxl-0003qi-Ag for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:03:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HCkxh-0003pQ-8I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:03:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HCkxh-0003p3-0L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:03:25 -0500 Original-Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.231]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HCkxg-0000vP-Hr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:03:24 -0500 Original-Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s1so613808nze for ; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:03:24 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IaMnvzl2L1PjbjAMGhqL0NUe9X6HH6kXT7UPFMgBOgnf3LNkimRPKZpj6ExwMqQYE72C+/7bIRD+B/5xED8ukcfwk1UM0boQXqo9SpY8vWJNSPN48bhg6GlIkOWmRs7+08If9H/OWSB8oMF3qomyvBSGSAzQ7XQdd0s4xsIQdUg= Original-Received: by 10.114.181.1 with SMTP id d1mr248797waf.1170371003660; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:03:23 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.115.93.4 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:03:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 (Google crawlbot) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:65758 Archived-At: On 2/1/07, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I clearly disagree. If there's no loop in your .emacs, then byte-compiling > won't bring you any benefit. It's not about the code being faster, is about the .elc being smaller (about 10% smaller) than the .el. > then you should most likely take those > things out of your .emacs and move them to a separate file/package. Why? You prefer it that way, OK, do that. I don't like having lots of small .el files loaded from .emacs; it's easier to maintain it up-to-date between two or more computers when it's a single file. /L/e/k/t/u