GNU bug report logs - #33901
26.1; cl-letf is unexpectedly not autoloaded

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Markus Triska <triska <at> metalevel.at>

Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 10:34:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Markus Triska <triska <at> metalevel.at>
Cc: 33901 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33901: 26.1; cl-letf is unexpectedly not autoloaded
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 14:09:52 +0100
On Dez 29 2018, Markus Triska <triska <at> metalevel.at> wrote:

> Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:
>
>> Those autoloads are only defined in the cl-macs package.  You need to
>> load it first.

Replace "cl-macs" by "cl" above, which is what defines the autoloads.

> Is this really the intended way? I mean, why is this described as an
> "autoloaded" macro then?

Because you have loaded the cl package.

> If I have to load cl-macs before using cl-letf, it seems to be as good
> as not having an autoload for it at all. Is there any advantage to this?

The cl package exists of several files.  The autoloads arrange for
loading only the subset that is actually used.

Andreas.

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