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Re: FIXED!! Re: Clarification of eval-after-load - Patch to the Elisp ma
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: FIXED!! Re: Clarification of eval-after-load - Patch to the Elisp manual. |
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Thu, 25 May 2006 11:00:02 -0400 |
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> I've taken out the bit "In general, well-designed Lisp programs should
> not use this feature [eval-after-load]". Given that there's around 70
> e-a-l forms in the Emacs source, it is probably not true. It also makes
> us a sitting duck for malicious wits wishing to denigrate the quality of
> our code. So I've taken it out.
I disagree here. `eval-after-load' is and will remain a hack. A very
convenient one when you need it, but not something reliable.
Stefan