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package--builtin-versions
From: |
Artur Malabarba |
Subject: |
package--builtin-versions |
Date: |
Thu, 21 May 2015 23:13:19 +0100 |
I stumbled into this odd little variable the other day, and I was
wondering why it's designed the way it is.
AFAIKT, the `package--builtin-versions' variable is only used by
`package.el', but it's defined in `subr.el', and it's populated in
`loaddefs.el' which is generated by `autoload.el'.
Is this for performance reasons?
I always assumed it was like this because of some complex
interdependency, but I've been grep'ing and I can't find this variable
being used anywhere outside package.el.
I'm wondering if this can be simplified to go entirely in package.el.
Something like:
(defvar package--builtin-versions
(eval-when-compile
(go-thtough-builtin-packages-and-accumulate-autoloads)))
This should still happen at bootstrap time, so it wouldn't affect
Emacs startup. In fact, it might help emacs startup a little bit,
since there would be 76 fewer forms in `loaddefs.el'.
Cheers,
- package--builtin-versions,
Artur Malabarba <=