GNU bug report logs - #47862
26.3; (elisp) `Eval During Compile'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 04:11:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 47862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#47862: 26.3; (elisp) `Eval During Compile'
Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 13:05:21 +0200

On Tue, 04 May 2021 11:30:38 +0200 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:

> Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
>
>> This node says that `eval-when-compile' is a special form.
>
> It doesn't in Emacs 28, at least -- the word "special" doesn't exist in
> that node.

Not in the compile.texi source file, but its definition uses @defspec,
which appears as `Special Form' in the elisp.info file.

> It doesn't say that it's a macro either, but just uses the neutral
> "form", which is correct.  Closing.

Steve Berman
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