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[PATCH] Autoload `re-disassemble'

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 70696 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70696: [PATCH] Autoload `re-disassemble'
Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 10:27:39 +0000

"Mattias Engdegård" <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com> writes:

>>  This function is mainly intended for maintenance of Emacs itself
>>  and may change at any time.  It requires Emacs to be built with
>>  `--enable-checking'."
>> 
>> So I'm not sure we want this auto-loaded.
>
> I don't think it's important to auto-load it either.
>
> (Ihor, see it like this: the fact that you want it conveniently accessible means that you are one of a select few who have a reason to use it, and cool enough to add your own local autoload.)

AFAIK, these kinds of helper functions are usually defined in C code and
are available without any requires as long as Emacs is compiled with
right flags. Having to do (require 'disass) was a surprise - I had to
search Emacs sources.

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