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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Elisp - Store path only once
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 14:07:36 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0f6a4349-5603-4f43-b7b5-639a97eca3b7@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr1mtdbhz.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

> >> >(load 'g-eshell)
> >> >(load 'g-utils)
> >> (require 'something)
> > There are (at least) 3 functions you can use to load a list file:
> > `require', `load-library', and `load'.
> 
> Actually `load-library` (just like `load-file`) is not meant to be used
> as a function but rather as a command.  Both `load-library` and
> `load-file` are two commands which give interactive access to the
> Lisp-level function `load`.

Yes.  (But `load-file' at least applies `expand-file-name' for you.)



      reply	other threads:[~2021-01-09 22:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-09 10:47 Elisp - Store path only once wael-zwaiter
2021-01-09 10:54 ` Omar Polo
2021-01-09 11:30   ` wael-zwaiter
2021-01-09 11:53     ` Omar Polo
2021-01-09 12:55       ` wael-zwaiter
2021-01-09 17:34         ` Omar Polo
2021-01-09 21:34       ` Drew Adams
2021-01-09 21:56         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-01-09 22:07           ` Drew Adams [this message]

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