[debbugs-tracker] bug#14270: closed (shadow.el, simple.el, shadows shadows)

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> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:30:26 -0400
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> hi.  in shadow.el, list-load-path-shadows has some code to look for the
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> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2002-03/msg00507.html
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> directory with simple.el in it.  i *assume* that originally, there were
> no directories underneath, e.g., /usr/local/share/emacs/24.3/lisp.  but
> now, subsystems seem to live in directories.  i.e., in my case, the
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> calc calendar cedet emacs-lisp emulation erc eshell gnus international
> language mail mh-e net nxml obsolete org play progmodes term textmodes
> url vc
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> in my setup, i have local copies of mh-e and org.  if i say M-x
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> No Emacs Lisp load-path shadowings were found
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> but, if i disable the search for simple.el, i instead get the more
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> 118 Emacs Lisp load-path shadowings were found
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> i wonder if the test for simple.el might be removed?  it appears that it
> was designed to help in the case where a developer's own load-path
> includes his/her source directory (and, with the above change from first
> to last, i'm not sure if it even fulfills that desire).  if there's
> still a desire for that behavior, maybe a customizable list of
> directories to ignore, similar to (but markedly different from) the
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> cheers, Greg Minshall
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> Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)
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> Version: 24.4
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> Thanks for the report anyway. I will remove the simple.el check, because
> it should not be needed any more.
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