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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:249762 Archived-At: > > (provide 'my-feature) ; Ignored by byte compiler, > > ; evaluated by 'load'. > > (require 'my-feature) ; Evaluated by byte compiler. >=20 > Yes, it used to be popular. But it is the telltale sign of a recursive > dependency between packages, which is something better avoided (just > like `advice` is better avoided: we *do* want to support it because > it's really handy when you really need it, but don't abuse it). >=20 > So please don't go there unless you have to. Not sure what you're suggesting. Are you saying that text should be removed from the manual?