From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: `eval-when-compile' and circular dependencies (was: Re: Source file '.../killer-source.el' newer than byte-compiled file) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:25:28 +0200 Message-ID: <86imv2epg7.fsf_-_@zoho.eu> References: <8636m8ipt5.fsf@zoho.eu> <8336m84no5.fsf@gnu.org> <86lg00h8s2.fsf@zoho.eu> <86ftq8h8gn.fsf@zoho.eu> <83zhog35nr.fsf@gnu.org> <86zhogfin1.fsf@zoho.eu> <83wojj3oqn.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="132626"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 25 05:27:38 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hJV2u-000YMn-2w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:27:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50512 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hJV2t-0000YQ-0z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2019 23:27:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51642) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hJV2S-0000S5-Ru for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2019 23:27:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hJV11-000432-PF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2019 23:25:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=44834 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hJV11-0003zi-IW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2019 23:25:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hJV0y-000WKI-Jh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:25:36 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:sRQO7OyjI5U8rAdcob2c6z8G38o= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:120050 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Assuming you don't have complications like > 'eval-when-compile', 'eval-and-compile', etc. No, I don't have them, I think ... no, not a single one of either! I don't understand the purpose of them either, too advanced for my style anyway I think. >From the docstring of `eval-when-compile': Like ‘progn’, but evaluates the body at compile time if you’re compiling. Thus, the result of the body appears to the compiler as a quoted constant. Okay...? ~"The result appears to the compiler as a quoted constant..." <:| >>> but you will have trouble if you have >>> circular dependencies. >> >> No, I don't have circular dependencies, and >> I don't think I can have them, either. >> Actually I'm gonna try that right now... >> >> No, I can't > > Not easily, no. Why would you want them? And how do you make it work, if so? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573