GNU bug report logs - #17498
24.4.50; This function has a compiler macro `yes--cmacro'.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 15:07:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 17498 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 17498 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17498: 24.4.50;
 This function has a compiler macro `yes--cmacro'.
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 09:28:06 +0800

On 2014-05-15 15:43 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Pretty much, yes.  That's because the compiler macro is likely to be
> needed/useful while compiling the rest of the file (before it gets
> loaded).

But this is different from emacs 22 and 23. And it looks
counter-intuitive. I would expect macro expansion not to do much other
than transforming the code passed in. So I am curious is current
behaviour due to the byte-compiler i.e. if we don't do it this way it
won't work?

Thanks,
Leo
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