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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

>     Note that the elements of this list *may not* begin with \"~\", so
>     you must call `expand-file-name' on them before adding them to
>     this list.

> However, this doesn't appear to be true anymore -- and it's certainly
> not true in GNU Emacs.  XEmacs 20.3 works with `~'-based constructs in
> load-path correctly.  A cursory look at the code also seems to
> indicate that the directory is expanded at the right places.

It seems logical to me to support it.

> Is it time to remove the warning?

We could always write this in stone by adding `~/personal-lisp' to the 
predefined `load-path' ...  (I'm serious).
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