Re: Question for bytecompiler gurus `require' and bytecompilation
>>>> "sb" == SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
sb> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
> SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>> What's the difference between
>>
>> (require 'foo)
>>
>> when foo.el *only* is found, and foo.elc is found?
> I don't understand this question.
sb> Assume a file bar.el to be bytecompiled:
sb> ;;; bar.el --- do something interesting
sb> ...
sb> (require 'foo)
sb> ...
sb> ;;; bar.el ends here
sb> What difference (if any) does it make if foo.el (assuming foo.elc
sb> hasn't been bytecompiled yet) or foo.elc is loaded?
sb> Clearer?
Of course, a file could do anything at all at byte-compile time,
e.g.
(eval-when-compile (when (and (blue-moon) (steve-in-a-hurry)) (kill-emacs)))
So there may always be unfortunate divergences between .el and .elc
files. Well-behaved lisp files won't though.
Martin