Re: files in emacs/lisp/language/ not byte compiled

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> writes:

> There are quite a few files in emacs/lisp/language that do not get byte
> compiled (they have a "no-byte-compile: t" local variable setting).  

> Is there any particular reason to do that?  If not, would you mind if
> that was changed?

They are not compiled because there's no benefit
(memory-space and speed) in doing that.

> The reason to change is that when doing "make recompile" in emacs/lisp
> there are a lot of lines printed about files not being byte compiled.
> This scrolls up legitimate warnings/errors and it is easy to not see them...

If those lines are annoying, I think the right thing is to
find/implement a way to suppress them.

But, frankly speeking, as I don't have a string opinion on
this matter, it's up to Stefan and Yidong.

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Kenichi Handa
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