Re: Native compilation by default?: Was [Re: stats say SBCL is 78 875 % faster than natively compiled Elisp

[Emanuel Berg]

Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote:

>> (byte-compile-file "fib.el" t)  ; doesn't work
>> (load-file "fib.elc")           ; doesn't work
>> (load "/dev/shm/fib.elc" nil nil t) ; doesn't work
>
> We want the users to be able to load a `.elc` file even if
> a `.eln` file has been generated. The way the users do that
> is by giving to `load` the file name *with* the `.elc`
> extension. Of course, they can also load the `.eln` file by
> specifying that file explicitly as well.

Yes.

> If you want to load "the most efficient option available",
> then just don't specify any extension, and Emacs will load
> the `.el`, `.elc`, or `.eln` file according to what
> it finds.

Cool!

>> The only form which works seems to be when load is called
>> with a full pathname after omitting the ".el" or ".elc"
>> suffix provided there is an elc at that location.
>
> It should also work if you just (load "fib"), assuming
> `fib.el(c)` is found somewhere along your `load-path`.

Again cool.

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