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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Howto fix: package autoload is deprecated
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:16:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvk064zhiy.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871qsd1504.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:16:59 +0200")

>> FWIW, I think the obsoletion(?) of `autoload.el` is a bit rash:
>> it breaks all existing packages which just called the (formerly)
>> autoloaded entry points without first doing (require 'autoload).
> Unless I missed something, all the previously ###;;;autoloaded entry
> points should still be available without doing that (see subr.el).

Hmm... indeed.  Sorry 'bout the noise.
Tho I wonder then if Raman's code could work "unchanged" by just
removing the explicit (require 'autoload).


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-15 17:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-14  2:38 Howto fix: package autoload is deprecated T.V Raman
2022-09-14 11:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-15  2:02   ` T.V Raman
2022-09-15  2:54     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-09-15  7:16       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-15 17:16         ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2022-09-15 18:19           ` T.V Raman
2022-09-15 13:56       ` T.V Raman
2022-09-15  6:03     ` Eli Zaretskii

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