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bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:27:30 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> The title says it. It probably also messes with things, additionally to
>> signalling an error. Of course, you will say "don't do that", but
>> remember that files may be loaded for all kinds of reasons, so they
>> should be harmless.
> "Harmless" in what sense?
That Emacs works as well after loading the file than before.
You know, like language extensions: they do change the semantics of the
language but in a way that's usually accepted as "harmless": it only
gives meaning to things which earlier were errors.
> Should they do nothing at all? Probably
> not, or else you wouldn't be loading them, right?
They can define new functions and variables, as well as load other
files, and even set a few things up but only to *add* behavior, not to
*change* behavior.
> Even in your specific use-case, did you want the w32-fns functions to
> end up in the obarray or not?
Of course, that was the whole point since I wanted to complete on
function names.
> IOW, can you come up with a general enough definition of the reason(s)
> for loading w32-fns on non-w32 systems?
The same reason why I might want to load diff-mode.el without ever
wanting to use that mode.
E.g. to complete function/variable names, or to browse customize data, ...
Stefan
- bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error, Stefan Monnier, 2010/09/08
- bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error, Juanma Barranquero, 2010/09/11
- bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error, Eli Zaretskii, 2010/09/13
- bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error,
Stefan Monnier <=
- bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error, Eli Zaretskii, 2010/09/13
- bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error, Stefan Monnier, 2010/09/13
- bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error, Eli Zaretskii, 2010/09/13
- bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error, Stefan Monnier, 2010/09/14
- bug#6997: Loading w32-fns under X11 signals an error, Juanma Barranquero, 2010/09/14