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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/shadow.el')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/shadow.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/shadow.el index 5a2521ff7cb..7162aa822b7 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/shadow.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/shadow.el @@ -184,17 +184,17 @@ and that each of these directories contains a file called XXX.el. Then XXX.el in the site-lisp directory is referred to by all of: \(require 'XXX\), \(autoload .... \"XXX\"\), \(load-library \"XXX\"\) etc. -The first XXX.el file prevents emacs from seeing the second \(unless -the second is loaded explicitly via load-file\). +The first XXX.el file prevents Emacs from seeing the second \(unless +the second is loaded explicitly via `load-file'\). When not intended, such shadowings can be the source of subtle problems. For example, the above situation may have arisen because the -XXX package was not distributed with versions of emacs prior to -19.30. An emacs maintainer downloaded XXX from elsewhere and installed -it. Later, XXX was updated and included in the emacs distribution. -Unless the emacs maintainer checks for this, the new version of XXX +XXX package was not distributed with versions of Emacs prior to +19.30. An Emacs maintainer downloaded XXX from elsewhere and installed +it. Later, XXX was updated and included in the Emacs distribution. +Unless the Emacs maintainer checks for this, the new version of XXX will be hidden behind the old \(which may no longer work with the new -emacs version\). +Emacs version\). This function performs these checks and flags all possible shadowings. Because a .el file may exist without a corresponding .elc |