Re: Suppressing native compilation (short and long term)

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> and those users probably do want to use native compilation
>>> (e.g. they would likely set `package-native-compile` to non-nil), just
>>> not the deferred kind, so the var name is a bit odd for them.
>
> `inhibit-native-compilation` sounds like it really prevents all forms of
> native compilation, whether "deferred" or not.

We can expand the variable name, but I couldn't think of a good name.
And "deferred" doesn't convey anything.

> E.g. going by its name, I'd argue that it's a bug if package.el does
> native-compile the files when both `package-native-compile` when
> `inhibit-native-compilation` are non-nil.

But not by going by the documentation of the variable.  😀