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possible bug in `defsetf'

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Message #89 received at 27016 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 27016 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Rafael D Sorkin <rsorkin <at> perimeterinstitute.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#27016: possible bug in `defsetf'
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 18:51:21 -0400

reopen 27016
tag 27016 - wontfix
quit

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> (unless t
>>   (defalias 'foobar 'cons)
>>   (defsetf foobar setcar))		; nil 
>> (foobar pair)				; same as above
>> (setf (foobar pair) 0)			; 0       !
>
> I can confirm that it's a bug.  It's perfectly correct for the defsetf
> to be macroexpanded, but not to be evaluated.
> Not sure how best to get that behavior.  The naive/straightforward way
> might be to introduce some sort of eval-and-compile-when-at-toplevel,
> but there's probably a better way.  The first thing to do is to look at
> how it was done in Emacs-23.

Is the difference in Emacs-23 not just eager macroexpansion?

Both the Emacs-23 and the current code seem to expand to (put 'foobar
...).

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