Re: loaddefs and provide

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>>>> Perhaps there could be an optional argument
>>> (to autoload-rubric, I meant)
>> From where would it be provided?

> In custom-make-dependencies and finder-compile-keywords, if I
> understand the question correctly.

That would be fine, yes.

> -information contained in FILE."
> +information contained in FILE.  If FEATURE is non-nil, FILE
> +will provide a feature based on FILE."
>    (let ((basename (file-name-nondirectory file)))
>      (concat ";;; " basename
>  	    " --- automatically extracted " (or type "autoloads") "\n"
>  	    ";;\n"
>  	    ";;; Code:\n\n"
>  	    "\f\n"
> +	    (if feature
> +		(concat "(provide '" (file-name-sans-extension basename) ")\n")
> +	      "")

Better make FEATURE be the symbol to provide, rather than auto-compute
it based on the file name.  That's more flexible.


        Stefan