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28.0.50; Do not require subr-x at run time

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 39546 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de,
 Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#39546: 28.0.50; Do not require subr-x at run time
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:41:31 +0100

Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com> writes:

> -;;;###autoload
>  (defmacro when-let (spec &rest body)
>    "Bind variables according to SPEC and conditionally evaluate BODY.

Sorry; I haven't been following this thread closely, but I don't think
this is a good idea.  It means putting

+(eval-when-compile (require 'subr-x))

in more and more files, for no particularly good reason that I can see?

What's the reason for removing this autoload?

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