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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Compiling a recursive macro
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:02:35 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7dwd8dup.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f7a5b1e1-8001-894d-9fca-fc624b344b6b@gmail.com

> (defmacro mmm ()
>     (cond ((at-root-p)
>            do  tree-wide stuff)
>           (t
>            (with-current-buffer root (mmm)))

I think you're confused.
It doesn't make much sense to do `with-current-buffer` inside a macro
(well, it can make sense, but only in rather unusual circumstances).

So in the absence of more details, I'll assume that making it a function
is the better option.


        Stefan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-06-11 22:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-11 20:15 Compiling a recursive macro Douglas Lewan
2020-06-11 20:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-11 21:23   ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-11 21:32     ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-11 21:38       ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-11 21:55         ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-11 22:21           ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-12 10:49             ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-12 16:11               ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-12  2:10           ` Douglas Lewan
2020-06-13  9:49             ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-13 13:34               ` Jakub Jankiewicz
2020-06-11 22:02     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2020-06-11 21:27   ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-06-12  0:03 ` Jakub Jankiewicz

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