:defer nil and :demand t

[raghnysh]

I may be mistaken, but :defer nil and :demand t seem to have the same effect. Is that correct? I didn't see anything in the documentation that mentions it.

[Silex]

If you aren't using :commands, :bind, :bind*, :bind-keymap, :bind-keymap*, :mode, :interpreter, or :hook (all of which imply :defer

So if you don't use any of these keywords, then yes :defer nil is the same as :demand t. But see it more as :defer is a way to control defering and :demand a way of bypassing :defer.

[raghnysh]

So :defer nil doesn't override :commands foo, etc., whereas :demand t does. Thanks for the explanation.

[Silex]

@nyraghu: not sure what happens if you have :commands AND :defer nil. To me it does not make a lot of sense, I guess that yeah it might behave the same as :demand t but I would not count on it.