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]>
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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
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