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Re: Suggestion: Let the help command load autoloaded functions etc
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Thien-Thi Nguyen |
Subject: |
Re: Suggestion: Let the help command load autoloaded functions etc |
Date: |
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:36:05 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
() Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
() Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:30:15 -0500
That would be an ok feature, since it
would not do anything automatically.
i don't think it would be always ok. for example, consider a set
of interdependent libraries misbehaving when components are loaded
in the wrong order. the result is curiosity- but not necessarily
user-induced bug reports. i would hate to have this conversation:
user : i clicked on "foo link" and emacs barfed: FOO-ERROR.
programmer: well don't do that.
u: well, why is that link displayed?
p: because we don't handle "improper load sequence".
u: what is the "proper load sequence"?
p: advertized entry point is M-x bar RET.
u: what does that have to do w/ foo?
p: nothing.
u: ???
in other words, i personally am disinclined to support this kind
of fuzziness (entering the subroutine from the side).
thi
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