From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why is defun not executed during load-file? Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 09:31:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26452"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:h+5oj6RdW3aw1T5pmQa7479oCwg= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun May 30 15:32:01 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lnLXt-0006l5-DI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 30 May 2021 15:32:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57868 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lnLXs-0004Ld-Fe for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 30 May 2021 09:32:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53716) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lnLXL-0004LU-2v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 May 2021 09:31:27 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:56422) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lnLXJ-0006if-Lf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 May 2021 09:31:26 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lnLXH-0006AP-CL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 May 2021 15:31:23 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130326 Archived-At: Jean Louis [2021-05-30 12:02:25] wrote: > I have this in the hyperscope.el and upon load-file the last function > is not executed, it does not generate the functions. But if I evaluate > it specifically, it generates functions. > > Is there any reason for that? > > (defun hyperscope-generate-the-add-function-by-hyperdocument-type (type-name id function-name) > (eval `(defun ,(intern (symbol-name function-name)) () My crystal ball says it's punishment for using `eval` and recommends using macro(s) instead. I wouldn't trust its judgment, but the recommendation sounds useful anyway. BTW, `intern + symbol-name` ends up a no-op if `function-name` is already an interned symbol. Stefan