Re: Require 'newcomment'?

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:42:11 +0200
>> 
>> I use some variables defined in 'newcomment.el' in Emacs Lisp libraries,
>> and did not have problems with this on my machine, but got some feedback
>> that it might be necessary to require newcomment before using it. 
>> 
>> Now I'm a bit confused: is it indeed necessary, or can one assume that
>> these core libraries are loaded anyway?
>
> newcomment is preloaded starting with Emacs 24.3.  With older
> versions, you need to load it explicitly.  So it is better to require
> it, if you want your variables to work with older versions.

Explains the confusion - thanks!

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cheers,
Thorsten