GNU bug report logs - #7986
23.2.91; Remove unwise advice from manual

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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: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 7986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7986: 23.2.91; Remove unwise advice from manual
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 00:57:11 +0100

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> wrote:
>
>   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::).

You can't do that. Just imagine you write a library with one single
purpose: doing something after another library is loaded.
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