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24.4; eval-when-compile won't mute warning as says in info doc

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: 29462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29462: 24.4; eval-when-compile won't mute warning as says in info doc
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 03:44:46 +0100

Emanuel Berg <moasen <at> zoho.com> writes:

> In (info "(elisp) Warning Tips"), it says
>
>    * If you use many functions and variables
>      from a certain file, you can add
>      a ‘require’ for that package to avoid
>      compilation warnings for them.
>      For instance,
>
>           (eval-when-compile
>             (require 'foo))

Thanks for the report.

I find this whole sentence confusing and misleading in general.  The
main purpose of `require' is not to silence warnings, and calling it is
very often something needed, not only something one "can" do.


Michael.

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