From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Cc: 7986@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7986: 23.2.91; Remove unwise advice from manual
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 23:59:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=pOpFqN2F4Z-w8E_Uh4Ns2ZgAdk3NCn1fTT-2b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimso0qhMafK5SeZn6bcLnerySEtOxn7gueaQRSH@mail.gmail.com>
On 4 February 2011 23:57, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> wrote:
>>
>> Normally, well-designed Lisp programs should not use
>> `eval-after-load'. If you need to examine and set the variables
>> defined in another library (those meant for outside use), you can do it
>> immediately--there is no need to wait until the library is loaded. If
>> you need to call functions defined by that library, you should load the
>> library, preferably with `require' (*note Named Features::).
>
> You can't do that. Just imagine you write a library with one single
> purpose: doing something after another library is loaded.
I don't think that is at odds with the advice "Normally, well-designed
Lisp programs should not use `eval-after-load'." But if it is, then
the manual should be corrected.
However, that does not affect my suggestion that the advice about
writing code for "personal customizations" be removed.
--
http://rrt.sc3d.org
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-04 23:26 bug#7986: 23.2.91; Remove unwise advice from manual Reuben Thomas
2011-02-04 23:57 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-02-04 23:59 ` Reuben Thomas [this message]
2011-02-09 0:28 ` Chong Yidong
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