Re: Fload does not set the 'autoload property

[Stefan Monnier]

> A bug (I think) reported in the pre-22.1 past:
> Let's assume a simple test.el with:

> ;;;; test.el ;;;;
> (defun test-fun () (interactive) t)
> (provide 'test)
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

> Then, if you define an interactive autoload for the function, and load
> it through the autoload mechanism:

>  M-: (autoload 'test-fun "test" nil t) [RET]
>  M-x test-fun [RET]

> the autoload spec gets saved:

>  (get 'test-fun 'autoload) => ("test" nil t nil)

> However, if you load test-fun by loading or requiring test.el:

>  M-: (autoload 'test-fun "test" nil t) [RET]
>  M-x load-library [RET] test [RET]

> the autoload spec is not saved:

>  (get 'test-fun 'autoload) => nil

Similarly, if your file contains 2 autoloads (foo1 and foo2), and the file
gets autoloaded via foo1, only foo1's autoload gets saved in the
`autoload' property.

The way autoloads are saved/restored is currently fundamentally done at the
wrong place.


        Stefan