Re: Improve the byte compiler: cryptic error message, macros

[Michael Heerdegen via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>]

Hello Uwe,

here is a smaller recipe:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defmacro string> (a b)
  (list 'not (list 'or (list 'string= a b)
		   (list 'string< a b))))

(sort (list "2" "1") #'string>)
#+end_src

> [...] Results in 
>
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (invalid-function (macro . #f(compiled-function (a b) #<bytecode 0x42f2ad11d0a9e99>)))
>   (macro . #f(compiled-function (a b) #<bytecode 0x42f2ad11d0a9e99>))("oranges" "apples")
>   sort(("apples" "oranges") string>)

But this is crystal clear to me: `sort' expects a function, while a
macro has been specified.  What exactly is your wish or suggestion?


Michael.