GNU bug report logs - #4473
after-load-functions: files are not absolute, some are missed

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:10:15 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 4473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4473: after-load-functions: files are not absolute, some are  missed
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:18:17 +0200

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 01:02, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> i) the file names stored are not absolute, though the doc of
> after-load-functions says they should be. (It's actually better in
> this case that they are non-absolute, but it conflicts with the doc.)

From the docstring of `load-history':

  During preloading, the file name recorded is relative to the main Lisp
  directory.  These file names are converted to absolute at startup.

So perhaps the docstring of `after-load-functions' should be fixed to
note this discrepancy.

    Juanma
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