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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@gmail.com>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Loading when viewing docstring of autoloaded function
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:09:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr4t52t90.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pq8pixsn.fsf@gmail.com> ("Štěpán Němec"'s message of "Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:22:00 +0200")

> Other than the fact that this is not a solution but workaround, I don't
> like the idea. Loading may be fast, but the loaded libraries use memory
> and change the environment, which seems too much to pay for a docstring
> or seeing a proper key binding (which you might never want to actually
> use) to me.

I'd bet you'd never notice the difference unless you were actively
looking for it.

> So if you do this, please at least do provide an option to turn it off.

If you do bump into a problem because of it, I'd be happy to accept
a patch from you (assuming you'd sign the required copyright paperwork,
of course).


        Stefan



  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-24  5:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-23  9:44 Loading when viewing docstring of autoloaded function Chong Yidong
2012-06-23 13:07 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-02 15:47   ` Samuel Bronson
2012-07-02 16:13     ` Drew Adams
2012-07-02 16:21     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-02 17:20       ` Samuel Bronson
2012-07-02 18:15         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-06-23 14:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-06-23 20:22 ` Štěpán Němec
2012-06-24  5:09   ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-06-24  6:25     ` Leo
2012-06-24  6:39       ` Andreas Röhler
2012-06-24  9:03         ` Chong Yidong
2012-06-24 14:38           ` Andreas Röhler

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