Re: strange code in ediff-hook.el

[Michael Kifer]

> Michael Kifer writes:
> 
>  > If this flag is not set (as in XEmacs), then a bunch of autoloads
>  > is defined.
> 
> Aha.
> 
>  > If this code is removed, how will the ediff autoloads get into
>  > XEmacs?
> 
> Via the auto-autoloads mechanism.  You should not need to write
> explicit invocations of `autoload' in either XEmacs or Emacs.  I
> haven't checked all those functions, but the ones I did check have
> ";;;###autoload" cookies, so they will be automatically turned into
> autoloads in auto-autoloads.el.  These are automatically read into
> XEmacs at startup.  These "cookies" are the preferred way to set up
> autoloads in XEmacs.
> 
> The code setting up the menus is still needed in XEmacs, though.


Thanks. Now I recalled what the real reason was: to test the autoloads 
at the time when ediff was still under active development.
I'll remove them.