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bug#59882: Multiple versions of Org in load-path problem
From: |
Cook, Malcolm |
Subject: |
bug#59882: Multiple versions of Org in load-path problem |
Date: |
Fri, 9 Dec 2022 19:40:17 +0000 |
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, 59882@debbugs.gnu.org
> >> From: David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:56:03 -0800
> >>
> >> In my testing, I found a strange case where, in *scratch*, I get:
> >>
> >> (message "%s" org-version)
> >> ;; Error undefined
> >> ;; Do 'C-h v org-version'
> >> (message "%s" org-version)
> >> 9.3
> >>
> >> So, 'describe-variable' on org-version causes Org to be loaded?!?
> >
> > Why is it so surprising? Is this the first time you see that a Help
> > command loads something to do its job?
>
> Yes, it is surprising. How did Emacs know to load Org to find org-version?
This is provided for via emacs' autoload by prefix mechanism.
See:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Autoload-by-Prefix.html
What you observed will NOT happen if you first run:
(clrhash definition-prefixes)
> didn't request it to by this action. Or did it do a package-activate-all (or
> similar) to ensure that everything was loaded?
> That would be overkill. Sometimes the best answer is 'nil'.
>
> --
> David Masterson
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