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Subject: Re: Several minor bugs.
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>>>>> "NB" == Neal Becker <neal@ctd.comsat.com> writes:

    NB> Python will automatically byte compile any file it executes if
    NB> the date of the source is newer.  Why not do the same for
    NB> elisp?

Although I love the feature for Python, I'm not sure I'd want this for
X/Emacs.  I like having my .elcs more stable than the .els I'm
developing, and knowing that X/Emacs won't overwrite them.

-Barry

