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Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:27:47 -0400 |
> In article <address@hidden>, "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden>
> writes:
> >> What I want is to make this work well at bootstrapping time
> >> because now ucs-tables.el is preloaded.
>
> > Does it not work right now ?
>
> Yes, but it works right just because
> (ucs-unify-8859 'encode-only)
> is explicitly called after loading ucs-tables.el.
>
> > Why is it worse ? It's the programmer's responsability to
> > make sure that the init-value is consistent with the state
> > of Emacs when the file is loaded.
>
> That's what I didn't know. When I see the previous code of
> define-minor-mode, I thought that it's the responsibility of
> define-minor-mode to synchronize the Emacs's status with
> :init-value. So, it appears to me that your change just
> gives it up.
Well, it's just that I'm not sure which way it should work, I guess.
> If it's the programmer's responsibility, it is cleaner that
> we have this line:
> (ucs-unify-8859 'encode-only)
> just after (define-minor-mode unify-8859-on-encoding-mode
> ...) in ucs-tables.el than having it in loadup.el.
Maybe. I have no opinion on that one.
> > If you want it to be automatic, then what's wrong with the code
> > suggested above to which you said "No" ?
>
> Because it doesn't solve the original problem, i.e.,
> eval-after-load doesn't work at bootstrapping time.
Doesn't it ? Why not ?
Stefan
- problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Kenichi Handa, 2002/09/19
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Stefan Monnier, 2002/09/19
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Kenichi Handa, 2002/09/19
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Stefan Monnier, 2002/09/20
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Kenichi Handa, 2002/09/20
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Stefan Monnier, 2002/09/22
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Kenichi Handa, 2002/09/22
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Kenichi Handa, 2002/09/23
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Stefan Monnier, 2002/09/24
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Kenichi Handa, 2002/09/24
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Miles Bader, 2002/09/20
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Richard Stallman, 2002/09/22
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Dave Love, 2002/09/25
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Richard Stallman, 2002/09/26
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Dave Love, 2002/09/27
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Richard Stallman, 2002/09/27
- Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping, Kenichi Handa, 2002/09/30