Re: interactive feel of Emacs: the need for speed, and -Q [measure.el]

[chad <yandros@gmail.com>]

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I long ago adopted the use of require in my .emacs file as a well-worn
shorthand for "load this unless it's already loaded". Is there an
alternative that I should be using instead? (Please forgive the thread
necromancy; I just ran across this usage of require again today, and
remembered this thread.)

Thanks,
~Chad

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 1:14 PM Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:

> >>>>> Here are my requires:
> >>> As a general rule, `require` should not appear in a `~/.emacs`.
> >>> It's for use at the top of a library file.
> > What's the replacement, then?
> >> They should be replaced with the relevant (load-file "...autoloads").
> > That doesn't do the same thing at all.  What if you want to use functions
> > that are not autoloaded, or macros?
>
> In your ~/.emacs?
>
> Presumably if users can be expected to use a function/macro directly
> from ~/.emacs, the package should mark that function/macro as autoloaded
> (especially for macros; for functions this can often be avoided if the
> function is expected to be called only from with the corresponding mode
> hook or an `eval-after-load`).
>
> If not, it's a case that doesn't fall within the "general rule" and then
> you'd have to consider the details to know what *should* happen and what
> can be done temporarily until the ideal situation can be applied.
>
>
>         Stefan
>
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