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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2013-12-22 18:54:28 -0800 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2013-12-22 18:54:28 -0800 |
| commit | aec3bf9f49c8c0d0356a0e57f362bd0e23206e7d (patch) | |
| tree | 1968eb7f765b2b67cfe72ab250fabbcb3ebc9413 /src/lread.c | |
| parent | bb962da29aed412d70ac4b0b02bb343eb133dc88 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-aec3bf9f49c8c0d0356a0e57f362bd0e23206e7d.tar.gz | |
Some documenting of load-prefer-newer
* doc/lispref/loading.texi (How Programs Do Loading, Load Suffixes):
Mention `load-prefer-newer'.
* src/lread.c (Fload): Mention load-prefer-newer in doc.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/lread.c')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c index 1db3a47ef0a..a6181b0cb85 100644 --- a/src/lread.c +++ b/src/lread.c @@ -1029,6 +1029,10 @@ in `load-file-rep-suffixes'. If MUST-SUFFIX is non-nil, only the return value of `get-load-suffixes' is used, i.e. the file name is required to have a non-empty suffix. +When searching suffixes, this function normally stops at the first +one that exists. If the option `load-prefer-newer' is non-nil, +however, it tries all suffixes, and uses whichever file is the newest. + Loading a file records its definitions, and its `provide' and `require' calls, in an element of `load-history' whose car is the file name loaded. See `load-history'. |