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29.2; Missing ‘(provide 'paragraphs)’ in lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: tpeplt <tpeplt <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 69892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69892: 29.2; Missing ‘(provide 'paragraphs)’ in lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:00:03 +0200

> From: tpeplt <tpeplt <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:16:57 -0400
> 
> 
> The Emacs Lisp file "../lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el" does not include
> an expression to announce that "paragraphs" is a feature in the current
> Emacs, that is, near the end "paragraphs.el" there is no expression:
> 
>    (provide 'paragraphs)
> 
> Because of this, if 
> 
>    (require 'paragraphs)
> 
> is included in an Emacs Lisp source file, then the byte-compiler will
> issue an error message saying that loading the file ‘paragraphs.elc’
> failed to provide the feature ‘paragraphs’.

paragraphs.el is preloaded, and has been for many years.  So why would
a Lisp program need to require it, let alone load it?

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