bug#20427: bug in optimizing compiler?

bug#20427: bug in optimizing compiler?

[Rafael D Sorkin]

The following report refers to this version of emacs: 

  GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.7) of
  2014-03-07 on lamiak, modified by Debian

Hello,

When I byte-compile a file containing the following code, with
optimization safety=0, the compiler deletes the assertion test.

  (defmacro buggy ()
    (assert nil nil "assertion failed -- it always should fail")
    "This should never show up!")

This only seems to happen when i compile a file containing the
macro, not when i compile the macro individually.
Here is a full example 
(the defmacro of `buggy' is in the file "bug.test.el")

  (declaim (optimize  (safety 3)))
  (byte-compile-file "bug.test.el" 'load)	; t
  (buggy)					; error: "assertion failed -- it always should fail"

  (declaim (optimize  (safety 0)))
  (byte-compile-file "bug.test.el" 'load)	; t
  (buggy)					; This should never show up!

I'm not sure whether this officially qualifies as a bug, but
it's certainly not the behavior I was expecting.  (It also
doesn't seem to be present in Emacs 23.1.1)

Thanks,
Rafael

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bug#20427: bug in optimizing compiler?

[Stefan Monnier]

tags 20427 notabug
thanks

> When I byte-compile a file containing the following code, with
> optimization safety=0, the compiler deletes the assertion test.

That's expected.  Just like C's `assert', CL's `assert' can be compiled
out depending on compilation options (in this case, depending on the
`safety' setting).


        Stefan