Function: load-file

load-file is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in files.el.gz.

Signature

(load-file FILE)

Documentation

Load the Lisp file named FILE.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 18.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/files.el.gz
(defun load-file (file)
  "Load the Lisp file named FILE."
  ;; This is a case where .elc and .so/.dll make a lot of sense.
  (interactive (list (let ((completion-ignored-extensions
                            (remove module-file-suffix
                                    (remove ".elc"
                                            completion-ignored-extensions))))
		       (read-file-name "Load file: " nil nil 'lambda))))
  (load (expand-file-name file) nil nil t))