> This is what is should be probing:

> - eln-$HASH/foo.eln (only native-comp)
> - foo.eln (only native-comp)
> - foo.dll
> - foo.elc
> - foo.elc.gz
> - foo.el
> - foo.el.gz

I did a quick test and make openp() only call emacs_open() when a file
matches one in the list above.
This cut Emacs startup time by half! This seems promising.

Nicolas