Re: [PATCH] Fixing package-initialize, adding early init file

[Stefan Monnier]

>> BTW, in a subsequent patch we could rename this to
>> package-initialized, so the name reflects what the variable contains
>> rather than what it's used for.
> I don't think that's a good idea, since the most common usage of this
> variable will be
>     (setq package-initialized nil)
> in the early init file, and that doesn't make much sense from a
> readability perspective (are we asserting that package.el wasn't
> initialized?).

Why would there be (setq package-initialized nil) in the early init file?
I could imagine there being

    (setq package-initialized t)

OTOH, to inhibit subsequent initialization of package.el.


        Stefan