On 12/07/2014 02:00 PM, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Speaking of `declare', I've always found the autoload cookie thing a bit
> odd.  Putting functionality into comments is kinda hacky.
> 
> What about a new (declare (autoload t)) defun form or something?

But you can autoload things that aren't function definitions, like
keybindings or auto-mode-alist modifications. I think the current scheme
is fine, but if we had to use something more lispy, I'd opt for a
top-level with-autoload macro. (Or would that be
emacs-core-eval-with-autoload?)