Re: persistent data feature

[Po Lu]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> If we really want a feature to be in the core, then we don't want to
> make it a dynamic module.
>
> However, it can happen that we want to support a feature with C code
> but we don't want it to add to the complexity of core Emacs.  Making
> it a module could be a way to support it but keep it out of the core.
>
> That would also reduce the number of libraries that Emacs depends on
> -- because if a module depends on the library, that means Emacs itself
> does not have to depend on it.

FWIW, Lars' SQLite support was adapted from an existing free dynamic
module.