Re: "Emacs Lisp Packages" chapter in the Emacs manual

[Stefan Monnier]

>  (provide 'my-feature)  ; Ignored by byte compiler,
>                         ;   evaluated by 'load'.
>  (require 'my-feature)  ; Evaluated by byte compiler.

Yes, it used to be popular.  But it is the telltale sign of a recursive
dependency between packages, which is something better avoided (just
like `advice` is better avoided: we *do* want to support it because it's
really handy when you really need it, but don't abuse it).

So please don't go there unless you have to.


        Stefan