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diff --git a/lispref/loading.texi b/lispref/loading.texi index 892473b9baf..1819d84eaf3 100644 --- a/lispref/loading.texi +++ b/lispref/loading.texi @@ -515,12 +515,18 @@ with a call to @code{provide}. The order of the elements in the reclaim memory for other Lisp objects. To do this, use the function @code{unload-feature}: -@deffn Command unload-feature feature +@deffn Command unload-feature feature &optional force This command unloads the library that provided feature @var{feature}. It undefines all functions, macros, and variables defined in that library with @code{defconst}, @code{defvar}, @code{defun}, @code{defmacro}, @code{defsubst} and @code{defalias}. It then restores any autoloads formerly associated with those symbols. + +Ordinarily, @code{unload-feature} refuses to unload a library on which +other loaded libraries depend. (A library @var{a} depends on library +@var{b} if @var{a} contains a @code{require} for @var{b}.) If the +optional argument @var{force} is non-@code{nil}, dependencies are +ignored and you can unload any library. @end deffn The @code{unload-feature} function is written in Lisp; its actions are |