bug#3125: 23.0.92; doc of load-library

"Drew Adams" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The doc string and Elisp manual entry for `load-library' could be more
helpful.
 
Doc string:
 
 Load the library named LIBRARY.
 
 LIBRARY should be a relative file name of the library, a string.
 It can omit the suffix (a.k.a. file-name extension).
 
 This is an interface to the function `load'.
 
Elisp entry:
 
 Command: load-library library
     This command loads the library named LIBRARY.  It is equivalent to
     `load', except in how it reads its argument interactively.
 
The explanation in the Emacs manual is good. It should be
cross-referenced from the Elisp manual. The Elisp manual says nothing
helpful; in particular, it says nothing about _how_ its reading of the
arg is different from that of `load'.
 
The doc string is inadequate on its own. The best solution would be
for it to cross-reference the Emacs manual (click a link), but that
feature was refused.  An alternative is to add some more explanation
to the doc string - about .elc, .el etc. 
 

In GNU Emacs 23.0.92.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2009-03-30 on SOFT-MJASON
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
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