GNU bug report logs - #76573
30.1; native compilation fails for record inside function

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Message #23 received at 76573 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lin Jian <me <at> linj.tech>
To: Andrea Corallo <acorallo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 76573 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76573: 30.1; native compilation fails for record inside
 function
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 05:13:14 +0800

Andrea Corallo <acorallo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> > If using `record' directly is a user error, I would suggest:
> > 1. mentioning it in the manual
> We can always improve the manual (patches welcome)

It may not be a good idea for me to write such as patch since I do not
know the inner workings of this topic.

> the docstring for 'record' already says:
>
> "(record TYPE &rest SLOTS)
>
> Create a new record.
> TYPE is its type as returned by ‘type-of’."
>
> How can somebody expect this machinery to work reliably for a certain
> type which was never defined?

Since "M-x eval-expression (type-of (record 'foo-r)) RET" works and how
to define a type is not mentioned, users may not realize that they need
to define a type first or they may think `record' will define the type
for them when necessary.

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