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@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ in @code{load-path}, where @code{nil} stands for the default directory.
@code{load-path}, then all three suffixes in the second directory, and
so on. @xref{Library Search}.
+Whatever the name under which the file is eventually found, and the
+directory where Emacs found it, Emacs sets the value of the variable
+@code{load-file-name} to that file's name.
+
If you get a warning that @file{foo.elc} is older than @file{foo.el}, it
means you should consider recompiling @file{foo.el}. @xref{Byte
Compilation}.
@@ -157,6 +161,12 @@ This variable is non-@code{nil} if Emacs is in the process of loading a
file, and it is @code{nil} otherwise.
@end defvar
+@defvar load-file-name
+When Emacs is in the process of loading a file, this variable's value
+is the name of that file, as Emacs found it during the search
+described earlier in this section.
+@end defvar
+
@defvar load-read-function
@anchor{Definition of load-read-function}
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