GNU bug report logs - #10982
documentation bug eval-after-load

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Le Wang <l26wang <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 17:36:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 10982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Le Wang <l26wang <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 10982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10982: documentation bug eval-after-load
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:40:50 -0500

Le Wang wrote:

> 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.

The version of eval-after-load in the trunk handles this better, so that
even if provide is not at the end of the file, the eval-after-load forms
do not run until the file has finished loading.

What is the second issue?
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