# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1193214276 0
# Node ID f19edd342e7be30758f5cb07dd039a5ffcf10cc4
# Parent  2f9a621d6bd950bacaeedd63ce11c14be7ff1f98
Comment change.

diff -r 2f9a621d6bd9 -r f19edd342e7b src/eval.c
--- a/src/eval.c	Wed Oct 24 08:24:01 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/eval.c	Wed Oct 24 08:24:36 2007 +0000
@@ -2162,7 +2162,14 @@
   /* Preserve the match data.  */
   record_unwind_save_match_data ();
 
-  /* Value saved here is to be restored into Vautoload_queue.  */
+  /* If autoloading gets an error (which includes the error of failing
+     to define the function being called), we use Vautoload_queue
+     to undo function definitions and `provide' calls made by
+     the function.  We do this in the specific case of autoloading
+     because autoloading is not an explicit request "load this file",
+     but rather a request to "call this function".
+     
+     The value saved here is to be restored into Vautoload_queue.  */
   record_unwind_protect (un_autoload, Vautoload_queue);
   Vautoload_queue = Qt;
   Fload (Fcar (Fcdr (fundef)), Qnil, noninteractive ? Qt : Qnil, Qnil, Qt);