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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2003-10-05 13:56:53 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2003-10-05 13:56:53 +0000 |
commit | 0373c25e8746df2c09a9c058c7db0cdb7022c57e (patch) | |
tree | 2ba9be62e2563f1f4e19f591de41a00cb11137dd /lispref/loading.texi | |
parent | bb3edd151a554e3eab4353c22d1e8c72bfdccd2d (diff) | |
download | emacs-0373c25e8746df2c09a9c058c7db0cdb7022c57e.tar.gz |
(Named Features): In `provide', say how to test for subfeatures.
(Unloading): In unload-feature, use new var name
unload-feature-special-hooks.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref/loading.texi')
-rw-r--r-- | lispref/loading.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/loading.texi b/lispref/loading.texi index 71ae09284a8..4f031c5146c 100644 --- a/lispref/loading.texi +++ b/lispref/loading.texi @@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ The argument @var{feature} must be a symbol. @code{provide} returns If provided, @var{subfeatures} should be a list of symbols indicating a set of specific subfeatures provided by this version of @var{feature}. +You can test the presence of a subfeature using @code{featurep}. @smallexample features @@ -723,12 +724,14 @@ library with @code{defun}, @code{defalias}, @code{defsubst}, It then restores any autoloads formerly associated with those symbols. (Loading saves these in the @code{autoload} property of the symbol.) +@vindex unload-feature-special-hooks Before restoring the previous definitions, @code{unload-feature} runs @code{remove-hook} to remove functions in the library from certain -hooks. These hooks include variables whose names end in @samp{hook} or -@samp{-hooks}, plus those listed in @code{loadhist-special-hooks}. This -is to prevent Emacs from ceasing to function because important hooks -refer to functions that are no longer defined. +hooks. These hooks include variables whose names end in @samp{hook} +or @samp{-hooks}, plus those listed in +@code{unload-feature-special-hooks}. This is to prevent Emacs from +ceasing to function because important hooks refer to functions that +are no longer defined. @vindex @var{feature}-unload-hook If these measures are not sufficient to prevent malfunction, a library |