Re: Bootstrap/autoload policy (was Re: regular expressions that match nothing)

[Stefan Monnier]

> The patch uses `cl-every' in rx.el, and the surface error (now fixed) was
> that rx didn't require `cl-extra' where that function is defined, despite it
> being autoloaded.

cl-every is not autoloaded (in general).  It's only autoloaded after you
(require 'cl-lib), which is The Right Way to get it defined (as opposed
to requiring cl-extra which is wrong because where cl-every is defined
is an internal implementation detail of cl-lib).


        Stefan