From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: trunk r112976: * lisp/subr.el (with-eval-after-load): New
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:18:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvk3lvcvbo.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAF+z6GhxNRs8ZOMtTHBEv1g3eZG85pqV1Vcs=vL2r4DBNKCRQ@mail.gmail.com> (Xue Fuqiao's message of "Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:23:44 +0800")
> I think loading.texi needs some further changes. The last paragraph
> ("Normally, well-designed Lisp programs should not use
> `eval-after-load'...") is superfluous. My reasons:
> 1. `eval-after-load' isn't documented any more. This paragraph is
> somewhat suprising to readers who did not know this function before;
The wording should be made more general so as to include eval-after-load
and with-eval-after-load (and eval-next-after-load).
> 2. (info "(elisp) Coding Conventions") has already stated that the use
> of `eval-after-load' isn't recommended.
Repetition is not bad,
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-15 14:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-15 3:23 trunk r112976: * lisp/subr.el (with-eval-after-load): New Xue Fuqiao
2013-06-15 14:18 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-06-18 16:49 ` Michael Heerdegen
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