On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 9:15 PM Pip Cet <pipcet@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Recipe in emacs -Q:
>
> In *scratch*, evaluate:
>
> (byte-compile (lambda (x)
>                 (if x (f))
>                 (while t)))
>
> Expected result:
>
> A (fairly useless) bytecode object
>
> Actual result:
>
> A spinning hourglass.

Seems to be a fairly obvious bug in byte-opt.el, patch attached.

Okay to commit?

Pip