Re: Calling (package-initialize) sooner during initialization

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Stefan Monnier writes:

 > > What is the difference with: 
 > > - (load custom-file) + (load user-init-file)
 > > - loading init file with (load custom-file) on top of it.
 > 
 > The first case will crash-and-burn if some of the settings in
 > custom-file only work after some of the code in the user's
 > user-init-file.

XEmacs did this for years (when XEmacs was very popular), and there
were no such problems.  I suppose settings in custom-file rarely
depend on init settings in "crash and burn" way.  The real issue is
supporting the occasional user who wants fine control over the
custom-loading process.  See my reply to Thierry for a use case.