Subject: Re: bug#51180: M-x emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:25:02 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:22:26 -0400
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> 
> Is it worth having a function emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load?

It's a command, and we deemed it important enough to have it in the
Emacs-Lisp menu when the current buffer visits an Emacs Lisp file.

> It surely is not used often.

It is extremely useful when you work on some Lisp program and want to
test it in the same session.

> Does it simplify programs enough
> to outweigh the added complecity of defining and docuenting it?

Not programs, but interactive use of ELisp.