Re: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir

[Chong Yidong]

Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:

> That's essentially it, but we want to be able to turn it on by
> customizing a variable to be a LIST of directories (defaulting to
> nil), not adding code to .emacs.  All the other improvements in Ben
> Key's package, including byte-compilation and recursion, are
> nice-to-have but not essential to our purpose.

OK, I guess there's nothing wrong with adding a function to load
everything in a directory.  But what's the difference between having a
variable that defaults to nil and just letting users add

  (load-directory "~/.emacs.d/my-stuff")

to their init file?