Re: Questions about fns.el

[Jérôme Marant]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> We have eliminated fns.el nowadays, but here are the answers.

I noticed this. I should have mentioned the current stable version.
My question was related to a Debian user who asked for fns.el
byte-compiling.

>
>       I have two questions about fns.el:
>       - Why is it installed in an architecture-dependent location
>       i.e. /usr/lib/emacs/21.3/<arch> ?
>
> Because different platforms might have different primitive functions.
>
>       - Why isn't it byte-compiled?
>
> Because compiling it would not give any benefit.

Thanks very much.

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