GNU bug report logs - #6750
Byte compiler: spurious message "cl used at runtime"

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:05:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 6750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 6750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6750: Byte compiler: spurious message "cl used at runtime"
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:18:05 +0200

>> This macro will be in the .elc.  This means it can be called "at run
>> time" (e.g. if you do M-: (c-declare-lang-variables ...) RET).
> That brought a smile to my face.  It's pure sophistry. :-)

Except that this is not the reason I put the warning, but the reason why
the byte-compiler's code thinks the warning is warranted.
The byte-compiler is fairly stupid and doesn't know that this macro is
not intended to be used at runtime.

I agree it's not great, and it leads to "spurious" warnings like that.
Suggestions (and patches even better) welcome to try and resolve
the problem.


        Stefan
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