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Re: limit native compilation - how


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: limit native compilation - how
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:57:08 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> I'm wondering if it would be more fluid to compile packages natively
> during installation and updating?  The user expects then a delay,
> anyway, and might be spared small "jerkings" during normal operation..

The native-compiled files will only work with the current Emacs
executable, so those packages's .elc files will need to be recompiled
when you upgrade to a new Emacs.  Hence the current behavior of "compile
.elc to native code upon first use" is more or less indispensable.

We could additionally eagerly native-compile the .el files when the
package is installed, of course, and that should even be easy to do via
some hook (or at worst advice) without changing `package.el`.
We'll see how it goes.


        Stefan




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