macro defining function and byte compiler

macro defining function and byte compiler

[akrl]

Hi all,
I'm trying to byte-compile a file with the following content:

(defmacro xxx ()
  `(progn
     (defun ,(make-symbol "yyy") ())
     (defun zzz ())))

(xxx)

(defun test1 ()
  (yyy))

(defun test2 ()
  (zzz))


From the *Compile-Log* I see:

Warning: the function ‘yyy’ is not known to be defined.

I'm then wondering why the byte compiler is happy with zzz but not yyy.
I'm certanly missing something here.

Thanks and bests

  Andrea

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akrl@sdf.org

Re: macro defining function and byte compiler

[Noam Postavsky]

On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 21:12, akrl <akrl@sdf.org> wrote:

> (defmacro xxx ()
>   `(progn
>      (defun ,(make-symbol "yyy") ())

You probably want intern instead of make-symbol: make-symbol creates a
new symbol which is distinct from other symbols named "yyy".