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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
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Subject: Re: Strange eval-after-load
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:02:46 -0400
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    Btw, the original text I wrote for this tip was a bit different, it
    explicitly said that eval-after-load increases a coupling between the
    two packages, which is a maintenance burden:

What you wrote is true, but not specific.  Coupling between modules is
often necessary.  There are many kinds of coupling, and not all of
them are bad.  I replaced it with text that is more specific--it
explains why this kind of coupling is particularly bad.