GNU bug report logs - #6740
Spurious byte compiler warnings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:56:01 UTC

Severity: minor

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Message #32 received at 6740 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, 6740 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6740: Spurious byte compiler warnings
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:00:11 -0400

Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 21:45, Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> wrote:
>
>>
>>    "`(featurep 'xemacs)' has been translated to nil"
>
> ????
>
> That's worse that what you're complaining now; every use of (featurep
> 'xemacs) in the sources would produce warnings!

Exactly, and it would defeat the purpose of optimizing away 
(featurp 'xemacs) (and (featurep 'emacs): being able to have a single source base that 
works on both platforms, and it can be compiled warning free.
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