Autoloading does not load library

[asandroq]

Installed rcirc-styles via melpa. These are the full contents of the file rcirc-styles-autoloads.el:

;;; rcirc-styles-autoloads.el --- automatically extracted autoloads
;;
;;; Code:
(add-to-list 'load-path (directory-file-name (or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path))))

;;;### (autoloads nil nil ("rcirc-styles.el") (22814 58117 692717
;;;;;;  86000))

;;;***

;; Local Variables:
;; version-control: never
;; no-byte-compile: t
;; no-update-autoloads: t
;; End:
;;; rcirc-styles-autoloads.el ends here

• System: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
• Emacs version: GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9) of 2016-09-19

[aaron-em]

Thanks for the report!

I suspect the reason that rcirc-styles-autoloads.el is generated empty is because none of the functions in the package are flagged for autoload. An oversight on my part - I don't usually worry about autoloading much, since my Emacs sessions are generally months long.

Does this actually break rcirc-styles in your use case? If so, I'll address it tomorrow, when I expect to have the afternoon and evening free, and ship a new version of the package soonest. On the other hand, if rcirc-styles still works even with no autoloads defined (as it does for me, even in a MELPA install on an alternate Emacs init), I'll tend to it in a somewhat less urgent fashion, as the opportunity arises without rearranging other plans.

Thanks again! I look forward to your response, providing the information I need to prioritize this issue.

[asandroq]

Hello,

The issue is not critical, just inconvenient, because I need to explicitly call load-library rcirc-styles. So there is no need to hurry with a fix. :)

Cheers!