Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     I would strongly prefer for the code to remain in a separate file,
>     for the sake of modularity.
>
> Modularity of design is no reason to keep it a separate file.
> A piece of code can still be modular even if it is in the same file
> with other code.
>
> Is there any more specific issue of modularity at stake here?

The `remember-diary-extract-entries' function needs `make-diary-entry',
and so remember-diary.el must do (require 'diary-lib).  It would be a
shame to make remember.el require 'diary-lib even for people who have no
intention of using Diary.

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