bug#45068: [PATCH] 28.0.50; Update Modus themes 1.0.2 (backward-incompatible)

[Protesilaos Stavrou]

[ resending because it was lost, as Lars explained on emacs-devel:
  "Discarded messages to the bug tracker yesterday" ]

On 2021-02-28, 13:47 +0000, "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> wrote:

> Thanks, just some nits from me.
>
> Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com> writes:
>
>>     With optional DIRECTORIES as a list of filesystem paths, search
>>     for THEME file in those locations instead and load it, if
>>     present."
>
> GNU terminology distinguishes between "file names" and "paths", where
> the latter is a list of directories to search.
> See (info "(standards) GNU Manuals").
>
> So I suggest calling this argument "path" like that of locate-file.
>
>>       (cond
>>        ((member theme (member theme (custom-available-themes)))
>
> Duplicate member, and this can be memq instead, right?
>
>>         (load-theme theme))
>>        ((let* ((theme-dirs (custom-theme--load-path))
>>                (custom-dirs (when (and directories (listp directories))
>>                               directories))
>
> AKA (and (consp directories) directories), but see below.  I don't think
> we need to cater for callers passing atoms instead of lists.
>
>>                (dirs (or custom-dirs theme-dirs))
>
> I think you could just say (or directories (custom-theme--load-path)).
>
>>                (file (locate-file (symbol-name theme) dirs '(".el" ".elc"))))
>>           (when (and file (not (featurep theme)))
>
> Maybe featurep should be checked before calling locate-file?
>
>>             (load-file file))))))

Thank you Basil!

The duplicate 'member' was a mistake, while Mauro also suggested 'memq'.

If I understood your input correctly, the function should become:

    (defun require-theme (theme &optional paths)
      "Load THEME stored in `custom-theme-load-path'.

    THEME is a symbol that corresponds to the file name without its file
    type extension.  That is assumed to be either '.el' or '.elc'.

    If THEME names an element of `custom-available-themes', load it asking
    for confirmation if it is not considered safe by `custom-safe-themes'.
    Otherwise load the file, if present.  In the latter case, the file is
    intended to work as the basis of a theme declared with `deftheme'.

    With optional PATHS as a list of filesystem paths, search for THEME
    file in those locations instead and load it, if present."
      (cond
       ((memq theme (custom-available-themes))
        (load-theme theme))
       ((let* ((dirs (or paths (custom-theme--load-path)))
               (file (unless (featurep theme)
                       (locate-file (symbol-name theme) dirs '(".el" ".elc")))))
          (when file
            (require theme file))))))

[ Note that the 'require' call was part of the parallel thread with my
  reply to Mauro's feedback.  Or keep 'load-file' for that? ]

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