From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: macros and macroexpand Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:03:26 +0000 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28628"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 07 13:04:30 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qSy2H-0007GO-Dr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:04:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qSy1i-00055E-Pc; Mon, 07 Aug 2023 07:03:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qSy1g-00054v-7E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2023 07:03:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-40132.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.132]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qSy1Z-0003JO-V4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2023 07:03:51 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1691406222; x=1691665422; bh=+hlolipx0sGina7/DBM4ra7I8C3YxqDayEbdc/U3wU4=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date: Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=lbLEEIOLyAcGSPC4xstnT0Ej7S/6yaxzrIHH060n66+hpaUoUrfOxwPsh7LxvHuEz /yMw2cBbJDAt5L+9xEdUclLjVMUqpDnEi6xXphFb0CwqzscIKD2hT6nCcWdzO/sz5E iqHCgUN7OeflMRl02qgEz4LSaIFfm+FRHwCvEYwctkljCAiNVAVA531ztW+6WIIzMu c3tNlLccP9gd7LlNe8QShHwyUct6LzXlItSSMYUV8dM/uj/4zlveYjF2rmfD+sAnS2 kZP6OsEmvNOwt+57QvJq2GfIvdGnfoE0aULxZnJ/r0iGGwye3pRtvU3GVs6dzOQ5LD XyKbUUtS457BA== Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.132; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40132.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -30 X-Spam_score: -3.1 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=-1, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:144661 Archived-At: I have made a macro and know that they are supposed to return expanded code for use. Still I cannot understand the need to=20 call "macroexpand". Should't the macro already perform the=20 expansion ?