Re: compiled lisp file format (Re: Skipping unexec via a big .elc file)

[Paul Eggert]

Ken Raeburn wrote:
> I think Guile is using whatever the native word size and architecture are.  If 
> we do that for Emacs, they’re not portable between platforms.

Sure, but we're talking about the format Emacs uses to save its state, not the 
format of .elc files. Currently Emacs saves its state as an executable file that 
in general cannot be moved from one GNU/Linux distribution to another even if 
they have the same architecture. Switching to Guile's platform-neutral approach 
would make Emacs's saved-state format more portable, not less.