Re: autoload

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>]

On 09/19/2015 02:22 PM, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Sep 19, 11:13am, Ray Andrews wrote:
> } Subject: Re: autoload
> }
> } I'm thinking about how the creation of a zwc file, and it's subsequent
> } use could be considered to be part of the same builtin.
>
> But you don't say
>
>      compiler -build something source/*
>      compiler -load something
>
> Rather, you build, and then you install, and then you run, and the way
> all shells are designed, you use $path to bridge the install + run steps.
Sure, it wasn't to be taken very seriously, I'm just thinking about the 
idea that there
could be a sort of symmetry between creating a .zwc and then loading 
one--you
could think of them as so related that the command name could be the 
same.  IOW
the creation of a .zwc presupposes subsequent use of it the same way 
that making
dinner supposes eating dinner.  Command recall would be easier ... but 
that's
never going to happen.  I guess the parallel would be 'zip' vs. 
'unzip'--we're glad
that the names are related.

> As I've pointed out, these are exactly the same as
>
>      zcompile /Functions/Functions.zwc /Functions/*
>      FPATH=/Functions/Functions.zwc autoload +X -w /Functions/Functions.zwc
>
> Although the better practice would be to do
>
>      zcompile /Functions.zwc /Functions/*
>      FPATH=/Functions.zwc autoload +X -w /Functions.zwc
But ... well, let me try it again, I may have busted something.
> } It's very relevant to what degree veterans like yourself use stuff.
> } I'd provisionally conclude that if you don't use it, then I don't
> } want it.
>
> As I tried to point out, I'm not a very typical user.  I would also
> never use Sebastian's navigation tools, or anything from oh-my-zsh;
> but that doesn't mean anyone else should avoid them.
No, OTOH in my judgment typicality is not of great value whereas decades of
experience is.  Not that I have the slightest hesitation in doing things 
my own
way, but I always want to know what the Old Masters think even if I 
choose to
differ ... until learning better.
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