Re: cl-macs and (require 'cl)

[Lennart Borgman]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull<address@hidden> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman writes:
>
>  > The reason I am asking is that eieio.el
>
> *shiver*
>
> eieio has special needs.  You should ask the author(s) why they did it
> this way, rather than using `(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))'.  If
> they don't have any particular reason other than "well, it's been like
> that since 1997", then you could try changing it to the recommended
> form.

Yes, that is why I asked here. Eric said he will change it.

But I do not know of any particular reason for including cl.el and
cl-macs.el like they did. Maybe you could explain?