GNU bug report logs - #51180
29.0.50; Non-compiled file loaded with M-x emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load

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Message #22 received at 51180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 51180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, miha <at> kamnitnik.top
Subject: Re: bug#51180: M-x emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:25:02 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:22:26 -0400
> Cc: 51180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, miha <at> kamnitnik.top
> 
> 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.

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