GNU bug report logs - #15112
24.3; package.el byte compile autoloads

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>

Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:08:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.3

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 15112 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>, 15112 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15112: 24.3; package.el byte compile autoloads
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 12:56:15 -0600

tags 15112 + wontfix
close 15112
thanks

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

>>> Anyway, I don't believe we'll see a performance boost after
>>> byte-compiling loaddef files. They just contain function and variable
>>> declarations, no implementation (but the initial values of variables).
>>>
>>> There are exceptions like in tramp-loaddefs.el, but they still don't
>>> count wrt performance, I believe.
>>
>> This would be my guess too.  It seems like more trouble than it's worth.
>
> So I recommend to close the bug. Maybe you'll wait some few days whether
> somebody objects.

No further comments within 5 weeks, so I'm closing this as wontfix.
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 144 days ago.

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