From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Why is defun not executed during load-file?
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 15:47:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwva6oaofeq.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87a6oad81r.fsf@zoho.eu
> Hm ... interesting. Yeah, maybe we should start do that more?
Not really: it's better to avoid macros when you can.
But it's better to use macros than to use `eval`.
> What kind of things or problems could or should you solve
> with macros?
Whenever you find yourself forced to use `eval` ?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-31 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-30 22:48 Why is defun not executed during load-file? Drew Adams
2021-05-30 22:57 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-31 2:05 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-05-31 2:56 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-31 5:05 ` Drew Adams
2021-05-31 19:20 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-31 19:47 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2021-05-31 20:09 ` Marcin Borkowski
2021-06-07 2:19 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-07 6:27 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-07 14:18 ` FW: " Drew Adams
2021-06-07 14:41 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-31 21:40 ` Example use of macro to minimize and generalize the code Jean Louis
2021-05-31 23:37 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-05-31 23:59 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 0:34 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 0:39 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 0:59 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 1:25 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 14:02 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 16:33 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 16:54 ` Yuri Khan
2021-06-01 17:24 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 17:57 ` Yuri Khan
2021-06-01 18:12 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-31 21:45 ` Example use of macro to minimize and generalize the code (2) Jean Louis
2021-05-31 21:48 ` [External] : Re: Why is defun not executed during load-file? Michael Heerdegen
2021-05-31 23:41 ` Drew Adams
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