Re: Preloading xwidget.el on xwidget builds?

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

>>> xwidget.el defines various parts of the internal xwidget machinery, such
>>> as the `xwidget-event' handler, and pieces of Lisp code that keep
>>> xwidget display working correctly.
>>>
>>> Using xwidget-related C functions without xwidget.el loaded can lead to
>>> crashes and display problems, so I propose to preload that file on
>>> xwidget builds.
>>
>> IME files that are preloaded in some config and not on others are
>> a source of trouble.  I'd rather we fix this some other way, e.g. by
>> autoloading those function.
>
> How would autoloading solve that problem though: `make-xwidget' and such
> are defined in C code, but their display depends on xwidget.el to work
> correctly.

Depends on details I don't know, but presumably `make-xwidget` could
explicitly require/load `xwidget.el`.  Or the display could end up
loading `xwidget.el` when it calls a function defined there in (by
marking those functions as autoloaded).


        Stefan