Re: Package initialization

[Stefan Monnier]

>> The important aspect is that it should be possible to install a package
>> without using it, so the autoloads file should only set things up so
>> that they *can* be used, but not so that they're automatically used
>> without being explicitly requested.

> I think that's quite an important guideline that should be stated a bit
> more prominently in manual.

> It also seems to me that there is a certain conflict between what you
> say and this from the manual:

>   These autoload definitions are saved to a file named
>   ‘NAME-autoloads.el’ in the content directory.  They are typically used
>   to autoload the principal user commands defined in the package, but
>   they can also perform other tasks, such as adding an element to
>   ‘auto-mode-alist’.

I don't see a conflict there.  Opening a file with the particular
extension counts as an "explicit request".


        Stefan