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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> >>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> 
> Hrvoje> Yet, this sounds wrong for general consumption.  One should be able
> Hrvoje> to use Gnus without having the byte-compiler loaded at all.
> 
> Oh, you can use Gnus and variable values for
> gnus-summary-line-format without having the byte-compiler loaded.
> Gnus will be dramatically slower for it, but it certainly can be
> done.

Unless I am missing something obvious, why is the byte-compiler needed 
at all?  It is not hard to imagine code that would keep an alist of
the byte-compiled formats and look up the appropriate element.  The
whole alist could be saved to `.newsrc.eld'.

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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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* Q: What is an experienced Emacs user?
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