Re: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 00:50:23 -0600 Ben Key <bkey76@gmail.com> wrote: 

BK> ;;; user-load-dir.el -- A quick and dirty implementation of a user load
BK> ;;; directory.

I agree with Jan that `directory-files-no-dot-files-regexp' is not
necessary.

`user-load-dir' should be `user-load-dirs' and customizable as a list of
directory names, not a single directory.

The variables and functions in user-load-dir.el should start with
"user-load-dir".  For example `load-files-in-user-load-dir-recursively'
is not a good name.  If this is in the core the variable names could be
different but in a library they shouldn't be.  I suggest several name
fixes below but it needs to be fixed everywhere.

`load-files-in-user-load-dir-recursively' would be better named
`user-load-dir-recursive'.

`auto-load-files-in-user-load-dir' is not needed.  If `user-load-dirs'
is not empty that implies you want to load the things in it.

`byte-compile-dir' should be named `user-load-dir-byte-compile'.
Similarly `byte-compile-user-load-dir-files' should be
`user-load-dir-byte-compile-files'.

It would also be good to make sure the code works with Emacs 23.1
through 23.3 so users can take it there as well.

Ted