Doesn't appear to work with Emacs 24.3

[ameyp]

After loading the library with (load-file "/path/to/async.el") or (load-library "/path/to/async.el") or (require 'async "/path/to/async.el"), the async-start sample gives a "Can't find library async" error. This is on Emacs 24.3.50.1

[expez]

Works fine for me on version 24.3.1. Package installed through melpa.

[ameyp]

That's because melpa handles dependencies and adds all dependencies to the load-path for you. I don't want async on the load-path, I want to load it by specifying a relative path.

[DarwinAwardWinner]

(load-file "/path/to/async.el") and (require 'async "/path/to/async.el") both work just fine for me on 24.3.1 on OS X. load-library will never work because it only looks in load-path.

[ameyp]

@DarwinAwardWinner And you don't have async on the emacs load-path?

Also, did you try the async-start example from the README? Because that's when I get the error, not when I require the module. Here's the async-start example:

(async-start
   ;; What to do in the child process
   (lambda ()
     (message "This is a test")
     (sleep-for 3)
     222)

   ;; What to do when it finishes
   (lambda (result)
     (message "Async process done, result should be 222: %s" result)))

[DarwinAwardWinner]

Ah, I see. Loading async.el is fine, but without async.el in the load-path, (funcall (symbol-function 'find-library-name) "async") fails, so it can't tell the child process where to find async. I'll code up a pull request soon.

[ameyp]

@DarwinAwardWinner Cool, thanks!