From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Strange incf behavior in Emacs 22. Intentional? Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:00:36 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <85ved6350b.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <1183034491.352998.214980@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <85k5tn4sn7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183149639 17917 80.91.229.12 (29 Jun 2007 20:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:40:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 29 22:40:38 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I4NGd-0000Hm-3e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:40:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I4NGc-0001dc-H2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:40:34 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.belwue.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool3.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:byBUKwsMN3CfA1/DqKhwukO1/oc= Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Jun 2007 22:00:37 CEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: d9cf5a5b.newsspool1.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=Y_B2bnHL0QDlU`@c^jLCbJic==]BZ:afN4Fo<]lROoRAFl8W>\BH3YBB<^i5=; O9dBCV`H8_`hhQD^9QSCVg3dOFOIC5DBZVJ9KUW\SMC:OghHT@P7ZmTBG9F Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:149764 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:45352 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> A quoted list is evaluated to a cons cell at _compile_ time. > > Actually, it's done at "read" time (aka "load" time). I.e. when you > load the .el or .elc file, or when you hit C-x C-e on the (defun > ...). Sure. >> The contents of this cons cell can be changed with setcar (or, in >> this case, incf). > > And I consider this as a bug, actually, but a known one that's a bit > difficult to fix satisfactorily. Why would that be a bug? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum