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: Loading when viewing docstring of autoloaded function Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:09:09 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87395mgy6t.fsf@gnu.org> <87pq8pixsn.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340514560 23398 80.91.229.3 (24 Jun 2012 05:09:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 05:09:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?B?xaB0xJtww6FuIE7Em21lYw==?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 24 07:09:19 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Sif4Z-0004Ty-CC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 07:09:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58464 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sif4Z-0008Pd-2I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:09:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60434) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sif4V-0008PK-RM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:09:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sif4U-0008QH-Bs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:09:15 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:62904) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sif4S-0008Pw-0o; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:09:12 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAG6Zu0/O+L+Q/2dsb2JhbABEtBGBCIIVAQEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kLoduBboJkEQDozOBWIMF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="192003869" Original-Received: from 206-248-191-144.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO fmsmemgm.homelinux.net) ([206.248.191.144]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 24 Jun 2012 01:09:10 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D5271AE1EB; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:09:09 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87pq8pixsn.fsf@gmail.com> (=?utf-8?B?IsWgdMSbcMOhbiBOxJtt?= =?utf-8?B?ZWMiJ3M=?= message of "Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:22:00 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.182 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:151123 Archived-At: > 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