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documentation bug eval-after-load

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From: Le Wang <l26wang <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: documentation bug eval-after-load
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:33:30 +0800

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Hi on this page:

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Hooks-for-Loading.html#Hooks-for-Loading

> library can also be a feature (i.e. a symbol), in which case form is
evaluated when (provide library) is called.

Then on this page
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Named-Features.html

> This function announces that feature is now loaded, or being loaded, into
the current Emacs session. This means that the facilities associated with
feature are or will be available for other Lisp programs.

So two issue come up:  should symbol even be supported by `eval-after-load`
if the feature might not be finished loading?  If it has to be kept for
backward compatibility, documentation should explicitly say don't use
symbol because the feature might not be finished loading.

-- 
Le

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