From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Silent autoloading Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:04:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1226243097 26801 80.91.229.12 (9 Nov 2008 15:04:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 15:04:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Glenn Morris , Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 09 16:05:59 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1KzBrM-0004SA-7K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:05:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51361 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzBqE-0003mb-FW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:04:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzBq9-0003lr-Kw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:04:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzBq7-0003la-2l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:04:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59593 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzBq6-0003lX-Qg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:04:34 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:33356) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KzBq2-0004Yr-GU; Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:04:30 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArMEAK+KFklMCqyo/2dsb2JhbACBdscWg1iBEQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,569,1220241600"; d="scan'208";a="29582874" Original-Received: from 76-10-172-168.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.172.168]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 09 Nov 2008 10:04:30 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A20A789DE; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:04:29 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:13:54 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:105496 Archived-At: >> I agree with the basic premise, but I'm wondering what's the >> relationship: what kind of machine are you using where loading a .elc >> file is not virtually instantaneous? > Loading a .elc can take arbitrary time since it can contain arbitrary > code. Yes, that's the difference between theory and practice. Stefan