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From: Joe Riel <jriel@maplesoft.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Byte-compile constants in a function
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 19:42:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120704194226.25246b60@gauss> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr4srmzf2.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>

On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:26:06 -0400
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> > (defconst  tag-prompt ?>)
> > (defun check (char) (eq char tag-prompt))
> 
> You can do
> 
>    (eval-when-compile
>      (defconst tag-prompt ?>))
>    
>    (defun check (char) (eq char (eval-when-compile tag-prompt)))
> 
> 
> -- Stefan

Thanks, that seems nicer than using defsubst.  Possibly with that
I'll finally understand what eval-when-compile is all about.

-- 
Joe Riel




  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-05  2:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.3953.1341335828.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-03 20:26 ` Byte-compile constants in a function José A. Romero L.
2012-07-04  6:07   ` Joe Riel
2012-07-04 13:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-05  2:42   ` Joe Riel [this message]
2012-07-03 16:57 Joe Riel

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