Subject: Re: bug#11904: 24.1.50; error byte compiling (defvar :foo ':foo), regression from 23.4

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:38:33 +0200

That's because (defvar :foo ':foo) is written as (defvar :foo :foo) in
the elc file, which defvar doesn't allow.  byte-compile-file-form-defvar
no longer calls byte-compile-form via byte-compile-keep-pending which
would handle it correctly (and emit a warning).  When adding a doc
string the bug also happens in emacs < 24.

Andreas.

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