From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: eval-after-load causes void-variable error
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:21:52 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ehhjrx9r.fsf@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <barmar-EFE6FE.19070017012013@news.eternal-september.org> (Barry Margolin's message of "Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:07:00 -0500")
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> In article <bp8ip6vs6xk.fsf@usca1uw-JZWWPM1.sanmateo.corp.akamai.com>,
> Sean McAfee <eefacm@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For a long time I had this in my .emacs file:
>>
>> (require 'ffap)
>> (add-to-list 'ffap-alist (cons +my-ffap-regexp+ #'my-ffap-hook))
>>
>> I recently decided to optimize it a bit and changed it to:
>>
>> (eval-after-load 'ffap
>> '(add-to-list 'ffap-alist (cons +my-ffap-regexp+ #'my-ffap-hook)))
>>
>> Now, however, as soon as the ffap command is activated, I get an error:
>>
>> Lisp error: (void-variable ffap-alist)
>>
>> Somehow, using eval-after-load is causing the variable ffap-alist to be
>> unbound, or not bound in the first place. Does anyone have any idea
>> what's going on?
>
> When you use a feature name rather than a filename (i.e. a symbol rather
> than a string) in eval-after-load, it evals as soon as the feature is
> provided, not after the file is loaded. ffap.el contains
>
> (provide 'ffap)
>
> at the beginning of the file
Does it? If we're talking about ffap.el distributed with Emacs, I only
see the `provide' from at the end of the file. And according to
`vc-annotate', it's been there for a few years now.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-18 3:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-17 23:53 eval-after-load causes void-variable error Sean McAfee
2013-01-18 0:07 ` Barry Margolin
2013-01-18 1:35 ` Le Wang
2013-01-18 3:21 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.17773.1358479324.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-01-18 5:15 ` Barry Margolin
2013-01-18 7:19 ` Dmitry Gutov
[not found] ` <mailman.17789.1358493580.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-01-18 17:57 ` Sean McAfee
2013-01-18 18:08 ` Barry Margolin
2013-01-18 19:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.17839.1358535836.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-01-18 19:17 ` Barry Margolin
2013-01-18 18:34 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-01-18 18:00 ` Barry Margolin
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