Max Nikulin writes: >> What if you substitute the load call with >> (load (byte-compile-dest-file tangled-file))? > > I do not mind (of course if there is no plan to deprecate the function). > > In addition, from my point of view, `byte-recompile-file' with 0 as the > FORCE argument is more suitable than simple `byte-compile-file' since > the former does not rewrite the compiled file when it is up to date. What about simply using touch?