From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Strange eval-after-load Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:21:45 +0200 Message-ID: <85ac7rouo6.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <20060702133304.GA4008@muc.de> <20060703105727.GA2626@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151922182 11265 80.91.229.2 (3 Jul 2006 10:23:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:23:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Richard Stallman , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 03 12:22:55 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxLZm-0008Gr-CX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:22:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxLZl-0004Tg-JL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:22:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FxLZY-0004Qv-UK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:22:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FxLZX-0004Q9-PV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:22:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxLZX-0004Q6-It for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:22:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FxLmy-000284-5o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:36:24 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FxLZP-0004a0-No; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:22:23 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 26AA01C4D3B9; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 12:21:45 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Alan Mackenzie In-Reply-To: <20060703105727.GA2626@muc.de> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Mon, 3 Jul 2006 11:57:28 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:56412 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > Morning, Richard! > > On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 06:30:55PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: >> > Starting immediately, please do NOT install calls to eval-after-load >> > in Emacs without asking for my specific approval. >> >> I would beg you not to be so dogmatic. > >> This rule is the only way to get control over the situation. > > I don't really understand what the situation is over which control has > to be got. It is possible to to use eval-after-load badly, just as it > is possible to use goto badly. That's a far cry from demonstrating that > all e-a-l's/goto's are bad. What about "asking for my specific approval" did you not understand? That's a far cry from claiming that all e-a-l's/goto's are bad. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum