On 16-10-2022 16:07, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> 
>> Is there some way to make this work?  In my real code,
>> the expression is read from a file, where it might be a macro
>> definition or anything else, and it's evaluated in a different module
>> from the current one.
> 
> 
> You cannot byte-compile code in advance if it uses macros that
> are only known dynamically. [...]

Possibly in Paul Jarc's case, while they the macros might be computed, 
they might also be the same between runs of "guile -l do-something.scm".

If that's the case (i.e., the expression read from the file remains 
unchanged), byte compiling is possible, just use eval-when, see my reply.

Greetings,
Maxime.