GNU bug report logs - #40688
28.0.50; Advice And ByteCompile Behavior Change

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Message #43 received at 40688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 40688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "T.V Raman" <raman <at> google.com>
Subject: Re: bug#40688: 28.0.50; Advice And ByteCompile Behavior Change
Date: Mon, 04 May 2020 12:18:54 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> I was pointing out that Emacs's own use of `-j` to build the `lisp`
> subdir indicates that it's OK to have missing dependencies on the `.elc`
> files (and hence sometimes the .el file is loaded and sometimes the
> `.elc`, depending on the compilation order; or even the `.el` file is
> loaded while the corresponding `.elc` file is being generated).

Emacs's build sets load-prefer-newer (IMO this should be the default,
but I expect this to be futile).

(But I have no idea what issue is being described in this report.)

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