Re: Emacs unconditionally loads tramp.el

[Richard Stallman]

    That's not new, because it's a similar story with Emacs 21 and
    `ange-ftp-completion-hook-function'. The only difference is that
    Ange-FTP is loaded only for `file-name-completionŽ, whereas
    Tramp is loaded in more cases.

Why is Tramp loaded in more cases?  Can you get rid of them, and
arrange to load it only for file name completion?

Also, maybe it is possible to prevent loading these packages
in the specific case of just `/'.  Completion is not very
useful in that case, and that is the most likely case for someone
to type and not really want it.