Re: Show who is requiring

[Sebastien Vauban]

Hello Stefan and all,

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> > I tried using (current-buffer) to get the name of the "source" package
>>> > (i.e., the one which makes the `require' request), but that's
>>> > wrong. Any idea how to get the name of the "caller" package?
>>>
>>> IIUC you want load-file-name.
>>
>> How does this report the names of files that require another package?
>
> IIUC he has put an advice on `require', so in this advice, `load-file-name'
> should contain the name of the code that's calling the `require'.

>From your description, that's exactly what I'm after. I'll test and report.

My ultimate goal is to generate a Dotty graph of "who required who" among the
different packages I'm directly, or indirectly, requiring.

So, I need to output relations such as:

  a.el -> b.el
  b.el -> c.el
  b.el -> d.el
  ...

Thanks to Drew and to Thien-Thi to point me to `load-history' as well... Quite
complex to read, and not exactly the same, but clearly useful.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban