Re: [Q] 'require during byte-compilation

Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: > It seems that a (require 'something) line in a file is executed during > byte-compilation. Yes, that's in order to get macros, variable declarations, function definitions, etc., from the package that is being required. > That seems wrong to me, since if that is really what you want, you > can 'eval-and-compile it. Maybe that's a matter of taste, but I rarely use eval-and-compile and friends, and when I do, it's only for special hacks with the byte-compiler, usually to achieve compatibility across Emacs versions. `require', on the other hand, means that you require the presence of the package to run and presumably to compile your own package. Having to wrap each `require' in `eval-and-compile' would be annoying for me. Finally, there's the matter of what Common Lisp does. I wouldn't be surprised if it were the same.