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From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bootstrap problem.
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:39:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3vf798lju.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87u0mtsesh.fsf@xs4all.nl> (Lute Kamstra's message of "Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:45:18 +0200")

Lute Kamstra <Lute.Kamstra.lists@xs4all.nl> writes:

> Consider the following situation.
>
> Add a definition to lisp file A and make it available to other lisp
> files by adding an autoload cookie.  Commit the change.  Then add some
> code to lisp file B that depends on the presence of this definition to
> compile.  Commit this change as well.

I don't see why you cannot simply add

  (eval-when-compile
    (require 'A))

to B.  

Since A will be loaded anyway due to the autoload cookie, it doesn't
cost anything, and it makes it clear that B uses features of A.

-- 
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk

  reply	other threads:[~2005-03-30 10:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-03-30  8:45 Bootstrap problem Lute Kamstra
2005-03-30 10:39 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2005-03-30 11:40 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-07 17:43   ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-08  3:22     ` Richard Stallman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-05-25  4:33 bootstrap problem djh
2006-05-25 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-26  4:47   ` djh
2006-05-26  8:07     ` Eli Zaretskii

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