From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Compiling a recursive macro
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:02:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7dwd8dup.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f7a5b1e1-8001-894d-9fca-fc624b344b6b@gmail.com
> (defmacro mmm ()
> (cond ((at-root-p)
> do tree-wide stuff)
> (t
> (with-current-buffer root (mmm)))
I think you're confused.
It doesn't make much sense to do `with-current-buffer` inside a macro
(well, it can make sense, but only in rather unusual circumstances).
So in the absence of more details, I'll assume that making it a function
is the better option.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-11 22:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-11 20:15 Compiling a recursive macro Douglas Lewan
2020-06-11 20:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-11 21:23 ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-11 21:32 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-11 21:38 ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-11 21:55 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-11 22:21 ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-12 10:49 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-12 16:11 ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-12 2:10 ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-13 9:49 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-13 13:34 ` Jakub Jankiewicz
2020-06-11 22:02 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2020-06-11 21:27 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-12 0:03 ` Jakub Jankiewicz
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