Re: Files in wrong subdirs of emacs/lisp?

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Sat, 24 May 2003 19:18:54 -0400, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:

> It would be useful to find out
> 
> 1. Whether the job done by that file is still necessary.
>    If the answer to #1 is no, then the file is obsolete.
> 
> 2. Whether the file still works.
>    If the answer to #2 is no, then the file could use fixing.
> 
> 3. If the answers are Yes and No, who would like
>    to update the file.

Asking the author (Tom Houlder <address@hidden>), if he's still around,
would be the best way to find out, I'd say. (Not sure if he's the same
Tom Houlder from http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TomHoulder)

> A separate file that normally isn't loaded costs very little.

In run time or exe size metrics, sure. But every single file added to
lisp/ (or src/ or whatever) adds complexity that has to be handled
somehow.

>     What about unused.el?
> 
> Maybe combine it with misc.el.

Well, at least that way we'll have one file for
probably-not-used-by-anyone elisp functions instead of two ;-)


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