# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1004565617 0
# Node ID e9ca70d27e373b3dc087ab6f9392dfd42b1e0109
# Parent  c44c1b0bdf92fc1ef2f29c1d6dee8a308edb52f3
Explain when not to use CL.

diff -r c44c1b0bdf92 -r e9ca70d27e37 man/cl.texi
--- a/man/cl.texi	Wed Oct 31 21:59:42 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/cl.texi	Wed Oct 31 22:00:17 2001 +0000
@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@
 implementation of Common Lisp, @dfn{CL} adds enough functionality
 to make Emacs Lisp programming significantly more convenient.
 
+@strong{Please note:} the @dfn{CL} functions are not standard parts of
+the Emacs Lisp name space, so it is legitimate for users to define
+them with other, conflicting meanings.  To avoid conflicting with
+those user activities, we have a policy that packages installed in
+Emacs must not load @dfn{CL} at run time.  (It is ok for them to load
+@dfn{CL} at compile time only, with @code{eval-when-compile}, and use
+the macros it provides.)  If you are writing packages that you plan to
+distribute and invite widespread use for, you might want to observe
+the same rule.
+
 Some Common Lisp features have been omitted from this package
 for various reasons: