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: user-init-file source vs. compiled Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:07:03 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170360463 6814 80.91.229.12 (1 Feb 2007 20:07:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:07:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Stefan Monnier" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 01 21:07:34 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HCiDW-0004Xt-0D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:07:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HCiDV-00011S-JH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:07:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HCiD5-0000t5-3x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:07:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HCiD3-0000sK-GF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:07:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HCiD3-0000sE-9t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:07:05 -0500 Original-Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.247]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HCiD2-0004x0-OV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:07:04 -0500 Original-Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b8so393633ana for ; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:07:04 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=GP4XkWSjWHwEP3prYMoaDEnkzj7RcnFyQ4pxWL0mop2hf73/FbnqUlNlyxZsDvWojzWlFO4fbNbBkJH9mq8FH4qDI7pao5By5nI9eERyIPju12qeJ0SOFHKWXZX/vIgVsl1r+qt1i1LNZwIP1LelXH8zZqRIeqTfETwlrjfH3Sk= Original-Received: by 10.115.47.1 with SMTP id z1mr192635waj.1170360423736; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:07:03 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.115.93.4 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 12:07:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:65753 Archived-At: On 2/1/07, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I think we should *strongly* recommend not to compile the .emacs file. Perhaps. But Emacs supports having .emacs compiled anyway, so the docstring for `user-init-file' should be accurate. > It's a dumb thing to do, unless you're a masochist anyway. Why? I have a medium-sized .emacs (~1800 lines) and it loads faster when compiled (or at least that's the feeling I get). /L/e/k/t/u