GNU bug report logs - #27177
26.0.50: Macroexpanding cl-loop and friends (make-symbol usage)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 23:25:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 27177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 27177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27177: 26.0.50: Macroexpanding cl-loop and friends
 (make-symbol usage)
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 20:52:44 -0400

Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Enabling print-gensym in this case is even worse, since evaluating the
> macroexpanded code yields a (void-variable #:--cl-var--) error.

Yeah, that's why you need `print-circle' too.

> Also, evaluating the macroexpanded code directly would allow for easier
> debugging, since one could make small adjustments to the output to see
> immediate results.

With print-circle, the output is debuggable in Emacs 26 (see Bug#23660).
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