Re: Bootstrap deleted DOC-nnn file

[Richard Stallman]

It is true that Lisp files are out of sync after the recompile.
However, in practice just reloading the Lisp file that has the problem
usually works.

I see two reasons why it is useful to run the old executables.

* When it is convenient to keep running an existing Emacs job
for a while.

* To compare behavior, if a new bug has appeared.

I don't suggest doing a lot of work to support these things perfectly,
but they are more important than the minor cleanliness of
deleting some files merely because they are probably not useful.

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