From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>,
"help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: ;;;###autoload declarations
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 15:59:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB5488E99722F44964DBF9ABCAF329A@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877crlt12y.fsf@dataswamp.org>
> > If you never use anything from some library then it isn't
> > loaded. That's the idea: load code only if and when you need
> > it [..]
>
> So it isn't loaded automatically, it is loaded when needed?
It's loaded when you first invoke the command.
> Is that the same as just-in-time or lazy evaluation?
Lazy evaluation usually refers to expression evaluation, particularly in the context of functional, logic, or constraint programming languages.
> Maybe just different context/points of emphasis ...
Yes, you can say that. Another, usually more general, term is "late binding": Don't fix/set/define something before you need to. Keep your options open...
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-03 15:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-23 11:09 ;;;###autoload declarations uzibalqa
2023-06-23 16:08 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-06-23 16:42 ` uzibalqa
2023-06-24 2:02 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-06-24 11:27 ` uzibalqa
2023-06-25 1:55 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-06-23 18:26 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-06-26 13:27 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-06-30 15:35 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-07-03 15:59 ` Drew Adams [this message]
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