compiles suffix (*.elc)

[I am sending this message to both RMS and XEMACS-BETA.] Now that the compiled formats of Emacs and XEmacs are officially incompatible, i.e., one cannot load files compiled with the other, we have a problem with sharing site-lisp directories. Some packages, such as SCWM (Scheme-Configurable Window Manager), are distributed with elisp files (I am the maintainer of scwm.el). On sites with both emacsen installed, scwm.el now has to be put in 2 different places (or left uncompiled - which is not a viable option for reasons of efficiency). It would be nice if both emacsen refused to load files compiled with the other emacs - that would solve some problems. It would be even nicer if they used different compiled suffixes (e.g., .elx instead of .elc), which would permit sharing site-lisp directories once again. This is a very real problem for add-on package maintainers, and I hope you will recognize it as such and address it. Thanks. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.goems.com/~sds) running RedHat5.2 GNU/Linux Micros**t is not the answer. Micros**t is a question, and the answer is Linux, (http://www.linux.org) the choice of the GNU (http://www.gnu.org) generation. Only adults have difficulty with childproof caps.