Re: Lisp files that load cl-lib in problematical ways

[Emanuel Berg]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> What matters to us is that this unnecessary stuff is not
> loaded in "emacs -Q", i.e. is not dumped and preloaded into
> the bare uncustomized Emacs session. This lets users start
> from the leanest possible Emacs, then load what they need,
> without being "punished" by loads of stuff they never need
> or want.

In practice cl-lib will be loaded pretty much instantly even
from minor use, including from the starting point that is the
minimal 'emacs -Q'.

But if we focus on this level in particular, defined by
'emacs -Q' and no use whatsoever on top of that, then cl-lib
isn't loaded as you say.

Because 'emacs -Q' should load as little as possible, it makes
sense not to load cl-lib and, as has been showed, that doesn't
happen either.

So I suppose everyone is happy about that then. It will also
be easy for you to keep it that way by not introducing it to
anything that is loaded by 'emacs -Q'.

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