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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
	<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: Macro expansion containing ‘interactive’
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:37:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0kh7dyj.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvpmu9po1g.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier via Users list for the's message of "Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:24:23 -0400")

Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

>> In an attempt to create a compatibility wrapper for the new optional mode
>> list parameter of ‘interactive’ I am facing difficulties. The definition
>> looks like this:
>
> `interactive` is not a special form.  Just like docstrings, it's a part
> of the syntax of `lambda`, so you need to define a `foo-lambda` if you
> want it to work reliably.

Yup.  When doing code that needs to be backwards-compatible here, it's
better to use a declare form instead:

(defun foo ()
  (declare (modes dired-mode))
  (interactive)
  ...)

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-19 13:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-19 10:30 Macro expansion containing ‘interactive’ Marcus Harnisch
2021-08-19 13:24 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-19 13:37   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-08-19 15:42     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-08-20 21:51       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-08-24  8:52     ` Marcus Harnisch
2021-08-25 11:06       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-25 12:53         ` Marcus Harnisch
2021-08-19 14:51   ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-08-19 15:14     ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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