From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4395: 23.1; byte-compiler loses top-level (put 'x...) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:59:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: <16E4C9B88C5440848A0DD43BE2DE1076@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 4395@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252696041 18551 80.91.229.12 (11 Sep 2009 19:07:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4395@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 11 21:07:13 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MmBSj-0004D2-31 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:07:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32956 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmBSi-00053y-Gm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:07:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmBSd-000527-P0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmBSZ-000519-83 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55869 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmBSY-00050y-SK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:45607) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmBSY-00048p-6F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8BJ6x6F007745; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:06:59 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8BJ5BtL007408; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:05:11 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:05:11 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:05:11 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4395 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4395-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4395.12526955595741 (code B ref 4395); Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:05:11 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4395) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 11 Sep 2009 18:59:19 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts40.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.97]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8BIxH5h005735 for <4395@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:59:18 -0700 Original-Received: from toip4.srvr.bell.ca ([209.226.175.87]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20090911185916.RXPB14748.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@toip4.srvr.bell.ca> for <4395@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:59:16 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgwFANM6qkpGN458/2dsb2JhbACBU9wRhBgF Original-Received: from bas1-montreal42-1178046076.dsl.bell.ca (HELO ceviche.home) ([70.55.142.124]) by toip4.srvr.bell.ca with ESMTP; 11 Sep 2009 15:16:11 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 51582B40D4; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:59:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <16E4C9B88C5440848A0DD43BE2DE1076@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:23:56 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:07:07 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:30964 Archived-At: >> > C-h v the-var >> >> > The doc shown is the original doc string. The top-level `put' had no >> > effect. >> >> I cannot reproduce this. Neither with Debian's Emacs-23.1, >> nor with the CVS trunk. > Perhaps it is Windows-only, then. Everything's possible, tho it does sound unlikely. > What is the behavior you saw? Did the put take place in the > byte-compiled file? When you used C-h v, did you see the new doc > string (from the put), instead of the original one? The "expected" one. Yes. Yes. Maybe if you give a more complete and detailed recipe (showing the exact file content (I used files containing the code you suggested, with the "..." stripped out), the commands you use to compile the files, when you exit Emacs and restart it, ...) we can get to the bottom of it. Stefan