bug#72160: 29.3; package buglet

[Devon Sean McCullough]

On 2024-07-21 05:59, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023@jovi.net> writes:
> > Strings and symbols should be equally acceptable package designators.
>
> We can improve on that error message, but is there any use-case for
> denoting a package by a string?

Consistency -- load-library takes strings.
Features, libraries & packages all fill the same needs
so require should take strings too.

                Peace
                        --Devon

P.S.  Symbol/string dichotomy exposes implementation
details not germane to the user's task.