GNU bug report logs - #2061
23.0.60; Add preference to force load of Elisp files when they are newer than corresponding byte-compiled file

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Brent Goodrick <bgoodr <at> gmail.com>, 2061 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2061: 23.0.60;	Add preference to force load of Elisp files when they are newer	than corresponding byte-compiled file
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:08:43 +0200

> From: Brent Goodrick <bgoodr <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:19:27 -0800
> Cc: 
> 
> When would the user ever prefer to load the .elc file after having
> modified the .el file?

When you are working on the .el file and it is not ready yet, or
buggy.

> My suggestion is to add a customizable preference variable called,
> say, load-prefer-newer-lisp-files (that needs a better name), that is
> recognized by the load function (defined in C code). When
> load-prefer-newer-lisp-files is non-nil, and when there is a .el and
> .elc file, and when the .el file is newer than the .elc file, it loads
> the .el file and not the .elc file (and possibly emits a warning of
> this action).

Yes, but please not now, not before Emacs 23.1 is released.  We are in
feature freeze.

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