bug#2061: 23.0.60; Add preference to force load of Elisp files when they are newer than corresponding byte-compiled file
Brent Goodrick <[email protected]>
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Richard M Stallman writes: > When would the user ever prefer to load the .elc file after having > modified the .el file? > > If you have written changes which are incomplete and not ready > to be executed. > > This feature gives you control over when to start running your > changes: you control it by when you compile the files. It is > important and it is easy to use. See a new proposal I just emailed to this thread which I think addresses the problem a bit better than just changing the default `load' behavior as I originally suggested. Brent