RE: require basic stuff from specific packages

[Drew Adams]

> where did you get the "defun*" stuff?

`C-h f defun*':

  defun* is an alias for `cl-defun' in `cl.el'.

  (defun* NAME ARGLIST [DOCSTRING] BODY...)

  Define NAME as a function.
  Like normal `defun', except ARGLIST allows full Common Lisp conventions,
  and BODY is implicitly surrounded by (cl-block NAME ...).