Re: Native compilation by default?: Was [Re: stats say SBCL is 78 875 % faster than natively compiled Elisp

[Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

> (byte-compile-file "fib.el" t)  ; doesn't work
> (load-file "fib.elc")           ; doesn't work
> (load "/dev/shm/fib.elc" nil nil t) ; doesn't work

We want the users to be able to load a `.elc` file even if a `.eln` file
has been generated.  The way the users do that is by giving to
`load` the file name *with* the `.elc` extension.  Of course, they can
also load the `.eln` file by specifying that file explicitly as well.

If you want to load "the most efficient option available", then just
don't specify any extension, and Emacs will load the `.el`, `.elc`,
or `.eln` file according to what it finds.

> The only form which works seems to be when load is called with a full
> pathname after omitting the ".el" or ".elc" suffix provided there is an
> elc at that location.

It should also work if you just (load "fib"), assuming `fib.el(c)` is
found somewhere along your `load-path`.


        Stefan