mahajan@PORTIA.STANFORD.EDU (Sanjoy Mahajan) (03/11/89)
Before loading a .elc file, Emacs should check if it's out of date w.r.t. its .el file. If it is, Emacs should either 1) warn you 2) recompile automatically. Either way, you won't get burned by forgetting to recompile some .el file. One of these two options was a feature of Gosling Emacs, I think; mercifully, I haven't used Gosmacs in so long, I forget the exact case. /Sanjoy