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diff --git a/reviews/emacs/hype.org b/reviews/emacs/hype.org
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@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ Nice that we no longer need to figure out which strings to ~purecopy~,
 that we can always use ~define-key~ and forget about
 ~bindings--define-key~, that ~defconst~ no longer causes pure-copying
 hazards…
+*** User Lisp directory
+I have always envied folks who conscientiously break their init file
+down into modular package-like files: at the time of writing, my own
+=init.el= is a bit over 1k lines, with a couple of ~require~ clauses
+awkwardly tucked in function bodies to avoid bloating startup.
+
+In this release, Emacs now processes =user-lisp-directory= like a
+package (or a collection of packages), complete with autoloads.
+Perhaps this feature will help me journey toward the promised land of
+modular init files.
 ** Programming
 *** lua-mode
 Imported from [[https://immerrr.github.io/lua-mode/][the historical thirdparty mode]]; an alternative to the