GNU bug report logs - #25026
25.1; Add missing (provide 'isearch)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me>

Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 08:17:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in versions 25.1, 25.3

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 25026 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25026: 25.1; Add missing (provide 'isearch)
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 08:26:43 +0100

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:
> Why have a feature symbol for a preloaded file?
> Is there a reason why it would actually be useful>?

As a user, I can make some code depend on isearch begin loaded
(`eval-after-load') without having to know if isearch is preloaded or
not. Isearch being preloaded seems to be an implementation detail users
should not care about. Moreover, a future version of Emacs could stop
preloading Emacs.

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Damien Cassou
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"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
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