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bug#66946: 30.0.50; Elisp manual section 17.4 describes an obsolete vari


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: bug#66946: 30.0.50; Elisp manual section 17.4 describes an obsolete variable
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 13:52:45 -0800

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>>> The manual says:
>>>
>>>        _Experience shows that using dynamic function loading provides
>>>     benefits that are hardly measurable, so this feature is deprecated
>>>     since Emacs 27.1._
>>>
>>> Stefan M, any comments here?
>>
>> Nothing specific, no.
>>
>>> Is it time to actually mark this stuff obsolete?
>>
>> Hmm... isn't it marked obsolete already?
>> Or did you mean to ask if it's time to throw away the corresponding code?
>
> You're right.  Not sure how I missed that...

Taking another look at this.

Why not throw away the code if it's hardly measurable?  We could make it
a no-op in Emacs 30.1, and then just remove it from the manual.  It's
already been obsolete for three major versions by then.





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