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23.1.50; Sample of code in manual does not compile

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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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