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31.0.50; Warning about cl-member possibly being undefined when using cl-pushnew

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Message #17 received at 72313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 72313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72313: 31.0.50; Warning about cl-member possibly being
 undefined when using cl-pushnew
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 03:49:57 -0400

> So the conclusion is to simply (require 'cl-lib) instead of
> (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib))?  But how can the byte-compiler
> conclude that cl-member might not be defined at runtime given that it's
> an autoloaded function?

It's autoloaded from `cl-seq` when `cl-lib` is loaded.
It's not autoloaded at startup.

> Addon question: should a package list cl-lib in Package-Requires if it
> already requires an Emacs version where a good-enough cl-lib is included
> anyway?

I can't see any reason to do that, no.


        Stefan

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