From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: when to call provide, first or last? Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:25:18 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330349181 6989 80.91.229.3 (27 Feb 2012 13:26:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Le Wang Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 27 14:26:21 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S20al-0001dG-Bv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:26:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50877 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S20ak-0005Vl-UL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:26:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33907) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S20af-0005VG-6b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:26:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S20aW-0003SM-57 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:26:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f41.google.com ([209.85.210.41]:37221) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S20aV-0003SI-UQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:26:00 -0500 Original-Received: by dadv6 with SMTP id v6so5287134dad.0 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:25:58 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lekktu@gmail.com designates 10.68.225.231 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.68.225.231; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lekktu@gmail.com designates 10.68.225.231 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=lekktu@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=lekktu@gmail.com Original-Received: from mr.google.com ([10.68.225.231]) by 10.68.225.231 with SMTP id rn7mr40560416pbc.64.1330349158635 (num_hops = 1); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:25:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wBpEqlu4oV0l5gjt1v+rplHFhozPDwJvDXGCwAvXDU0=; b=DXxGGKijQ/fNDGizZIbxBF6PTuOkafXIUcB+LhYvwF06FWu9PQgT4bIy2V6BMFr4Ui OnPKSt4jSrpxRffhRD3PqUGd2wP2UtNuXWyr78YjysTGwsXabuiG4ET8uBvNZ6rGQuVY PfyNEkhs2ToUvzohFBYJcHNlwx8u0X7W+wNqw= Original-Received: by 10.68.225.231 with SMTP id rn7mr34509528pbc.64.1330349158219; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:25:58 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.142.241.5 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:25:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.210.41 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:148812 Archived-At: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 14:08, Le Wang wrote: >> What happens next?=C2=A0 You have broken code, and you're either looking= at the >> backtrace or you get a ding.=C2=A0 How is this a problem? The problem is that you can miss the error, and also that (require 'my-feature) will "work" afterwards. It's better to put it at the end and be sure that having the feature means that everything went OK. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Juanma