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Wrong file in "autoloading failed to define" error

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Message #38 received at 26837 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 26837 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26837: Wrong file in "autoloading failed to define" error
Date: Sat, 20 May 2017 19:24:38 -0400

Glenn Morris wrote:

> I think it's mentioned in the doc of load:
>
>   Loading a file records its definitions, and its `provide' and
>   `require' calls, in an element of `load-history' whose
>   car is the file name loaded.  See `load-history'.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Duh, re-reading that I see it doesn't say what I thought it said.
So I guess it isn't documented, though it was clearly the intent of the
code. I don't know if it should be mentioned explicitly.

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