Re: relative load-file

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> When load-file-name is nil,  this uses the name of default directory of
> current buffer. But that's not the same as the directory of the file
> containing the load-relative function.

> For example, I could have eval'd a buffer that did a load-relative of a file
> in a different directory. Even without this, I can change the default
> directory using the cd function. And changing the default directory never
> changes the file location of the file issuing load-relative.

> Any other thoughts?

You obviously know enough about the problem to "fix it" further
(e.g. using buffer-file-name if you prefer it to default-directory).
I don't see any point in fixing it further, since there will always be
corner cases where it doesn't do what the user intended.


        Stefan