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Re: missing src/ directory for eval.c


From: tomas
Subject: Re: missing src/ directory for eval.c
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:44:33 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 04:16:25PM +0100, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> 
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> > Part of the idea is that, if you're not compiling Emacs yourself,
> > accessing the C source code is much less useful.
> 
> Like for every general rule, there are counter examples. I, for example,
> cannot build Emacs under MS Windows, I'm bound to
> distributions. Nevertheless, I could use the C sources when debugging
> there, in order to read them.

I concur: one of Emacs's strong points is that it readily gives you
easy access to its innards (the "study" part in the four freedoms,
after all :-)

Cheers
-- t

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