Package: emacs;
Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 23:19:01 UTC
Severity: wishlist
Found in version 23.2.91
Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> To: 7986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#7986: 23.2.91; Remove unwise advice from manual Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:26:37 +0000
In “Hooks for Loading” the manual says: But it is OK to use `eval-after-load' in your personal customizations if you don't feel that they must meet the design standards for programs meant for wider use. This sort of advice tends to be unwise to give, because people write code for their own use, then later distribute it and forget to clean it up. In any case, the solutions in this case, as explained in the previous paragraph: Normally, well-designed Lisp programs should not use `eval-after-load'. If you need to examine and set the variables defined in another library (those meant for outside use), you can do it immediately--there is no need to wait until the library is loaded. If you need to call functions defined by that library, you should load the library, preferably with `require' (*note Named Features::). are easier to write than the bad code. Hence, I suggest the offending paragraph (the first one I quoted above) be removed. 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