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bug#59882: Multiple versions of Org in load-path problem
From: |
David Masterson |
Subject: |
bug#59882: Multiple versions of Org in load-path problem |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Dec 2022 23:43:05 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, 59882@debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:56:03 -0800
>>
>> In my testing, I found a strange case where, in *scratch*, I get:
>>
>> (message "%s" org-version)
>> ;; Error undefined
>> ;; Do 'C-h v org-version'
>> (message "%s" org-version)
>> 9.3
>>
>> So, 'describe-variable' on org-version causes Org to be loaded?!?
>
> Why is it so surprising? Is this the first time you see that a Help
> command loads something to do its job?
Yes, it is surprising. How did Emacs know to load Org to find
org-version? I didn't request it to by this action. Or did it do a
package-activate-all (or similar) to ensure that everything was loaded?
That would be overkill. Sometimes the best answer is 'nil'.
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David Masterson