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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: "Paweł Sołtysiak" <soltys@uznam.org>
Cc: 3844@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#3844: 23.1.50; Sample of code in manual does not compile
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:49:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vdlvcobl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)

> On the page http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Simple-Macro.html#Simple-Macro
> is example usage of macro but macro called 'inc' does not compile in
> *scratch* by using C-x C-e.

I can't reproduce this problem.  Please provide the exact recipe for
seeing this bug.  What I tried is

1. emacs -Q
2. Insert this in the *scratch* buffer:
(defmacro inc (var)
  (list 'setq var (list '1+ var)))
3. C-x C-e

The word "inc" appears in the echo area.





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2009-07-14 14:49 Chong Yidong [this message]
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2009-07-14 13:21 bug#3844: 23.1.50; Sample of code in manual does not compile Paweł Sołtysiak

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