Add load-prefer-newer option, to load .el if newer than .elc

* src/lread.c (Fload): Pass load_prefer_newer to openp.
Don't bother checking mtime if openp already did it.
(openp): Add `newer' argument, to check all suffixes
and find the newest file.
(syms_of_lread) <load_prefer_newer>: New option. 

* src/callproc.c (call_process):
* src/charset.c (load_charset_map_from_file):
* src/emacs.c (init_cmdargs):
* src/image.c (x_create_bitmap_from_file, x_find_image_file):
* src/lisp.h (openp):
* lread.c (Flocate_file_internal):
* src/process.c (Fformat_network_address):
* src/sound.c (Fplay_sound_internal):
* src/w32.c (check_windows_init_file):
* src/w32proc.c (sys_spawnve): Update for new arg spec of openp.

* lisp/Makefile.in (BYTE_COMPILE_FLAGS): Set load-prefer-newer to t.

* etc/NEWS: Mention this.

Fixes: debbugs:2061

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/cus-start.el b/lisp/cus-start.el
index 8e94e85f84c..32013b71125 100644
--- a/lisp/cus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/cus-start.el
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ Leaving \"Default\" unchecked is equivalent with specifying a default of
              ;;                         :format "%[Current dir?%] %v"
              ;;                         (const :tag " current dir" nil)
              ;;                         (directory :format "%v"))))
+             (load-prefer-newer lisp boolean "24.4")
              ;; minibuf.c
              (enable-recursive-minibuffers minibuffer boolean)
              (history-length minibuffer