Re: The type of gnus-ignored-from-addresses

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

>>>>> In <muxy7kg2a33.fsf@uzeb.lrde.epita.fr> Didier Verna wrote:

> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> wrote:

>> Thanks for improving it. But I think it is better not to load a Gnus
>> module (i.e., gnus-util.el) at all times since, in principle,
>> message.el is a module independent of Gnus.
>>
>> In texi/gnus-coding.texi:
>> ,----
>>| 1.1.5 message
>>|
>>| All message composition from Gnus (both mail and news) takes place in
>>| Message mode buffers.  Message mode is intended to be a replacement for
>>| Emacs mail mode.  There should be no Gnus dependencies in `message.el'.
>> `----

>         But gnus-util is a special case because it doesn't 'require any
> other part of Gnus[1]; it's really a utility library.

I don't think so.

;;; gmm-utils.el --- Utility functions for Gnus, Message and MML
;;; gnus-util.el --- utility functions for Gnus
;;; mm-util.el --- Utility functions for Mule and low level things

>> For instance, there might be those who use message.el without Gnus but
>> don't use it for replying. Although many Gnus functions are actually
>> used there, they were all designed so as to be autoloaded.

>         Sorry, I don't understand this paragraph. Are you suggesting
> that I put an autoload cookie on gnus-orify-regexp instead of requiring
> gnus-util ? That would only merely delay the time of loading gnus-util.

No.  I'd suggest replacing `(require 'gnus-util)' with:

(eval-and-compile
  (autoload 'gnus-orify-regexp "gnus-util")
  )

The most suitable place to put it seems to be around the 1777th
line in message.el.  You will see a lot of autoloads there.

Regards,