bug#52342: [PATCH] Add Texinfo support for Flymake

[Okamsn]

On 12/7/21 18:46, João Távora wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 11:43 PM João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com
> <mailto:joaotavora@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 11:39 PM Okamsn <okamsn@protonmail.com
>     <mailto:okamsn@protonmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         On 12/7/21 09:23, João Távora wrote:
>          > Not sure about the eval-when-compile for require.  It was my
>          > expression that require is always "when compile".
>          >
>          > I've unfortunately been a little away from Emacs lately.
>          >
>          > João
>
>         My understanding is that `eval-when-compile` is used to make
>         sure that
>         macro definitions are available during compilation and that the
>         libraries are not loaded when `texinfo.el` is loaded.  The
>         macros in the
>         patch are `rx`, `cl-loop`, and `flymake-log`.
>
>
>     require is always `eval-and-compile` (sorry if I misled you earlier).
>     It's OK to use `eval-when-compile` when needing `cl-loop` from `cl-lib`
>     if _all_ you need form `cl-lib` is indeed macros.
>
>     But for flymake, you need the actual runtime things too, right? So
>     I think plain require is better and simpler
>
>
> Hmmm, on second thought, it you're planning on relying on
> autoloads for ultimate loading lazyness.... Hmm, maybe
> you're right...
>
> João

Hello Stefan Monnier,

Do you have any thoughts about the lazy loading of Flymake features used
in the patch discussed in this thread (re-attached for convenience)?

Thank you.

v2-0001-Add-basic-Texinfo-support-for-Flymake.patch
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