[h-e-w] eval-after-load vs clearcase

[Stephen Leake]

I'm using Gnu Emacs 21.2, Windows NT 4.0.

I've started using Clearcase, and the apparently excellent
clearcase.el from http://www.ultranet.com/~esler/ccase-mode/.

I'm getting a strange interaction with my eval-after-load settup.

I use eval-after-load to set my keys for cc-mode:

(eval-after-load "cc-mode"
  '(progn
     (c-initialize-cc-mode)
     (load "c-mode-keys")
     (load "c++-mode-keys")
     (load "java-mode-keys")))

If I don't load clearcase.el, here's the load sequence I get when I do
M-x load-library cc-mode:

Loading cc-mode...
Loading image...done
Loading c-mode-keys (source)...done
Loading c++-mode-keys (source)...done
Loading java-mode-keys (source)...done
Loading cc-mode...done

However, if I load clearcase first, I get:

Loading clearcase.el (source)...done
Loading e:/Gnu/Emacs/emacs-21.2/lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.elc...
Loading e:/Gnu/Emacs/emacs-21.2/lisp/image.elc...done
Loading e:/Gnu/Emacs/emacs-21.2/lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.elc...done

I have not spent much time poking around in clearcase.el, but there
isn't anything obvious (ie, it doesn't reset the eval-after-load for
cc-mode; it doesn't even mention cc-mode).

I'm hoping someone has seen similar behavior elsewhere, and can give
me a clue what to look for.

Why does the 'loading' message change? does this mean 'cc-mode'
somehow got loaded by clearcase without processing the
after-load-alist? How can that happen?

-- 
-- Stephe