RE: [External] : Re: Running emacs without any customisation

[Drew Adams]

> Yes, sure, like baroque counterpoint rules not always respected even by
> Bach himself.
> 
> The decision of what side effects are surprising or "an error" is
> subjective.  OTOH, it's probably not easy to find good examples for
> acceptable not totally trivial loading side effects, so the rule is a
> good one generally, and it's good to speak it out clearly, because
> people not respecting it is by far the bigger problem, and people who
> know what they are doing know what they are doing anyway.

Agreed.
(Bach says he agrees also.)