Re: bug#59882: Multiple versions of Org in load-path problem

[David Masterson]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, 59882@debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:56:03 -0800
>> 
>> In my testing, I found a strange case where, in *scratch*, I get:
>> 
>> (message "%s" org-version)
>> ;; Error undefined
>> ;; Do 'C-h v org-version'
>> (message "%s" org-version)
>> 9.3
>> 
>> So, 'describe-variable' on org-version causes Org to be loaded?!?
>
> Why is it so surprising?  Is this the first time you see that a Help
> command loads something to do its job?

Yes, it is surprising.  How did Emacs know to load Org to find
org-version?  I didn't request it to by this action.  Or did it do a
package-activate-all (or similar) to ensure that everything was loaded?
That would be overkill.  Sometimes the best answer is 'nil'.

-- 
David Masterson