Re: Why '`C-h f' now reports previously-autoloaded functions as "autoloaded"'

[Stefan Monnier]

>> So you can tell whether you need to `require' its package before
>> calling it.
> But then we lose the ability to tell whether the package has been loaded
> or not, which is also important information.

We tend to consider it less important to know if it's already been
loaded or not, since the package may have been loaded as a side-effect
of various things (e.g. C-h f itself might very likely have loaded the
package if it wasn't loaded already).

Maybe it would help if you could tell us more concretely why you want to
know if a package is loaded.


        Stefan