Re: Dynamic loading progress

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I use the .so extension to know whether a file is a binary module or
>> elisp (compiled or source).
> You cannot know that by the extension alone, anyway.

Of course, we can: if the extension says ".el" or ".elc" we know it's
Elisp (compiled or not), and if it says ".dll", ".so" or something like
that, we know it's a binary module.

> It's unreliable.

If the user wants to use ".so" on an Elisp module, she'll get what she
paid for.  I'm really not worried.

>> I'm not familiar enough with every system but having only one
>> extension per system is maybe limiting.
> Emacs can use a list of extensions, not just a single extension.

Yes, it's really easy to fix.


        Stefan