Re: purpose of (provide 'hashtable-print-readable) in subr.el?

[Andreas Schwab]

Michael Heerdegen <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> This looks odd to me: subr.el end with these lines:
>
> | ;; The following statement ought to be in print.c, but `provide' can't
> | ;; be used there.
> | ;; http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-08/msg00236.html
> | (when (hash-table-p (car (read-from-string
> |                       (prin1-to-string (make-hash-table)))))
> |   (provide 'hashtable-print-readable))
>
> (Yes, I've read the mentioned thread in emacs-dev.)
>
> What's the purpose of this `provide' call?

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