GNU bug report logs - #411
23.0.60; flet and byte-compilation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:25:06 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 24.3

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #18 received at 411 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, 411 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#411: 23.0.60; flet and byte-compilation
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:45:47 -0400

    > I guess byte-compile-associative mangles the '(+ x y) form without
    > regard for the redefinition in effect. I don't know if that is
    > fixable, or should be a documented caveat with regards to primitives.

    I don't see how to fix this, and my inclination is to just document this
    limitation in the docstring of `flet'.  Stefan, WDYT?

I am not sure if it is worth fixing, but one possible way
One possible way to fix it is to make the byte compiler check
that the function has a subr definition as usual.
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