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29.1; Byte compiler interaction with cl-lib function objects, removes symbol-function

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, 65017 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Eric Marsden <eric.marsden <at> risk-engineering.org>
Subject: Re: bug#65017: 29.1; Byte compiler interaction with cl-lib function
 objects, removes symbol-function
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 12:14:14 +0200

3 aug. 2023 kl. 23.46 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>:

> I'd even like it to try and replace uses of `eq/eql` with `equal` in
> those cases where we want to overlook differences in symbol-positions, so
> that we can eventually get rid of `symbols-with-pos-enabled` which
> I consider as a wart.

I agree it would be wonderful if we could restore `eq` to its former simplicity and speed but is that easily achievable at this point? For example, what about macros that compare arguments with `eq`?

Separate data structures for locations might be an option worth exploring, keeping the actual s-expressions unadorned. Consider a reader mode that also produces a table mapping cons cells read to their locations, for example.

(By the way, I removed the unwind-eq commutation on master for now.)

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