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23.1.50; Sample of code in manual does not compile

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Paweł Sołtysiak <soltys <at> uznam.org>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50; Sample of code in manual does not compile
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:21:07 +0200

On the page http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Simple-Macro.html#Simple-Macro
is example usage of macro but macro called 'inc' does not compile in
*scratch* by using C-x C-e.

I looking for response from you. If it's possible send notify to
soltys <at> uznam.org.

Thanks


In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.1)
 of 2009-07-10 on ubu
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10600000
configured using `configure  '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-xft=yes'
'--with-gif' '--with-jpg''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: pl_PL.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: ERC

Minor modes in effect:
  flyspell-mode: t
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Recent input:
e <help-echo> SPC c o d e SPC i n SPC m a n u a l SPC
a f t e r SPC r u n n i k <backspace> g <backspace>
<backspace> i n g SPC g i v e SPC e r r o r s <return>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> i <backspace> <help-echo>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-y <home> e x a c l y SPC
h e r e SPC <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <down-mouse-3> <mouse-3> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-movement> <mouse-1> <help-echo> <down-mouse-2>
<kp-enter> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-4>
<mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4> <double-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4>
<triple-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4>
<triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> <help-echo>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5>
<double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5>
<help-echo> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <help-echo> <double-down-mouse-5>
<double-mouse-5> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> t h i s SPC m a c r o SPC d o e s SPC n
o t SPC c o m p i l e SPC p r o p e r l y SPC <backspace>
. <return> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu>
<send-emacs-bug-report> <help-echo> E x a m p l e SPC
i n SPC <home> <delete> <delete> <delete> <delete>
<delete> <delete> <delete> <delete> <delete> <delete>
S a m p l e SPC o f SPC <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> e l f <tab> <backspace> <backspace> <help-echo>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-2> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<mouse-1> <tab> <tab> 1 <tab> T h a n j <backspace>
k s , SPC i SPC W <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
I SPC w i l l SPC r e p o r t SPC t h a t <return>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu>
<send-emacs-bug-report>

Recent messages:
Making completion list...
Ispell process killed
Local Ispell dictionary set to english
Starting new Ispell process [english] ...
int
Entering debugger...
Mark set
No completions of elf
byte-code: Command attempted to use minibuffer while in minibuffer
Hit space to flush

Message #10 received at 3844 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Paweł Sołtysiak <soltys <at> uznam.org>
Cc: 3844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1.50; Sample of code in manual does not compile
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:49:02 -0400

> On the page http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Simple-Macro.html#Simple-Macro
> is example usage of macro but macro called 'inc' does not compile in
> *scratch* by using C-x C-e.

I can't reproduce this problem.  Please provide the exact recipe for
seeing this bug.  What I tried is

1. emacs -Q
2. Insert this in the *scratch* buffer:
(defmacro inc (var)
  (list 'setq var (list '1+ var)))
3. C-x C-e

The word "inc" appears in the echo area.

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