From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: loaddefs and provide Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:11:27 -0500 Message-ID: <7f639jxh68.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87y6mmb4i7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257819108 17648 80.91.229.12 (10 Nov 2009 02:11:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:11:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 10 03:11:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N7gCo-0001ht-34 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:11:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50624 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N7gCn-0008CC-Cy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:11:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N7gCi-0008B5-4Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:11:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N7gCe-00088X-9v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:11:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56510 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N7gCe-00088O-3d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:11:28 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:47422) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N7gCd-0000L2-Re for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:11:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1N7gCd-00014n-Jp; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:11:27 -0500 X-Spook: INSCOM MD2 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad mania rail gun AIEWS Ermes X-Ran: ^Y{4CCALA>EE&QEe``]%|&rC$m#YB@QkFmC&;_\Ac+CmnM5Qf_3KoZ/.,Y{4V,zG}lk^D+ X-Hue: cyan X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:116781 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > If you want to revert it, go for it. The main thing I really wanted to > remove was generated-autoload-feature (tho I also think that without > a way to tweak the provided feature, the `provide' should better not be > there), It was semi-reverted, and now I'm confused as to what the recommended practice is here. Is the provision of a feature in an autoload file considered obsolete and not to be used? (I do get the point of the last quoted sentence above, I think.) BTW, although it seems harmless, there are now 4 files in Emacs that provide the 'loaddefs feature.