GNU bug report logs - #55830
`byte-compile` drops doc string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 11:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: 55830-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55830: `byte-compile` drops doc string
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 10:29:03 +0200

> Shouldn't that function also deal with :documentation? What about declare forms? 

No, :documentation and declare forms are dealt with during macro-expansion. Only a literal doc string is left once the compiler gets to look at the code again.

Fixed on master.
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 345 days ago.

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