Re: Automated package dependencies

Jeff> Files using macros defined in other files should require Jeff> those files inside of an eval-when? (eval-when (compile) Jeff> (require 'macro-file)) Why an eval-when? require is already specially treated at compile time. Just require the file and be done with it. Jeff> If the macro expands into functions then you might need Jeff> autoload cookies for those functions. Ugh. That's really ugly. No. Just require and be done with it. An autoload cookie is really a way of exporting an API. Don't pollute the API so you can reduce the number of requires; you end up loading the file either way! A require is how you say "I need access to your internals." Jeff> If you do all provides first, then requires, you will not Jeff> get infinite recursion. And IIRC this is not harmful, in the sense that when loading XEmacs records provides, and if the load fails for some reason, the provides are undone. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.