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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002,
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4 @c 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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6 @setfilename ../info/macros
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7 @node Macros, Customization, Functions, Top
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8 @chapter Macros
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9 @cindex macros
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11 @dfn{Macros} enable you to define new control constructs and other
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12 language features. A macro is defined much like a function, but instead
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13 of telling how to compute a value, it tells how to compute another Lisp
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14 expression which will in turn compute the value. We call this
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15 expression the @dfn{expansion} of the macro.
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17 Macros can do this because they operate on the unevaluated expressions
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18 for the arguments, not on the argument values as functions do. They can
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19 therefore construct an expansion containing these argument expressions
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20 or parts of them.
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22 If you are using a macro to do something an ordinary function could
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23 do, just for the sake of speed, consider using an inline function
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24 instead. @xref{Inline Functions}.
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26 @menu
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27 * Simple Macro:: A basic example.
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28 * Expansion:: How, when and why macros are expanded.
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29 * Compiling Macros:: How macros are expanded by the compiler.
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30 * Defining Macros:: How to write a macro definition.
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31 * Backquote:: Easier construction of list structure.
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32 * Problems with Macros:: Don't evaluate the macro arguments too many times.
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33 Don't hide the user's variables.
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34 * Indenting Macros:: Specifying how to indent macro calls.
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35 @end menu
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37 @node Simple Macro
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38 @section A Simple Example of a Macro
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39
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40 Suppose we would like to define a Lisp construct to increment a
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41 variable value, much like the @code{++} operator in C. We would like to
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42 write @code{(inc x)} and have the effect of @code{(setq x (1+ x))}.
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43 Here's a macro definition that does the job:
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45 @findex inc
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46 @example
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47 @group
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48 (defmacro inc (var)
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49 (list 'setq var (list '1+ var)))
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50 @end group
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51 @end example
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53 When this is called with @code{(inc x)}, the argument @var{var} is the
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54 symbol @code{x}---@emph{not} the @emph{value} of @code{x}, as it would
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55 be in a function. The body of the macro uses this to construct the
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56 expansion, which is @code{(setq x (1+ x))}. Once the macro definition
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57 returns this expansion, Lisp proceeds to evaluate it, thus incrementing
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58 @code{x}.
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60 @node Expansion
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61 @section Expansion of a Macro Call
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62 @cindex expansion of macros
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63 @cindex macro call
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65 A macro call looks just like a function call in that it is a list which
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66 starts with the name of the macro. The rest of the elements of the list
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67 are the arguments of the macro.
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69 Evaluation of the macro call begins like evaluation of a function call
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70 except for one crucial difference: the macro arguments are the actual
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71 expressions appearing in the macro call. They are not evaluated before
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72 they are given to the macro definition. By contrast, the arguments of a
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73 function are results of evaluating the elements of the function call
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74 list.
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76 Having obtained the arguments, Lisp invokes the macro definition just
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77 as a function is invoked. The argument variables of the macro are bound
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78 to the argument values from the macro call, or to a list of them in the
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79 case of a @code{&rest} argument. And the macro body executes and
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80 returns its value just as a function body does.
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82 The second crucial difference between macros and functions is that the
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83 value returned by the macro body is not the value of the macro call.
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84 Instead, it is an alternate expression for computing that value, also
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85 known as the @dfn{expansion} of the macro. The Lisp interpreter
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86 proceeds to evaluate the expansion as soon as it comes back from the
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87 macro.
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89 Since the expansion is evaluated in the normal manner, it may contain
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90 calls to other macros. It may even be a call to the same macro, though
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91 this is unusual.
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93 You can see the expansion of a given macro call by calling
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94 @code{macroexpand}.
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96 @defun macroexpand form &optional environment
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97 @cindex macro expansion
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98 This function expands @var{form}, if it is a macro call. If the result
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99 is another macro call, it is expanded in turn, until something which is
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100 not a macro call results. That is the value returned by
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101 @code{macroexpand}. If @var{form} is not a macro call to begin with, it
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102 is returned as given.
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103
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104 Note that @code{macroexpand} does not look at the subexpressions of
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105 @var{form} (although some macro definitions may do so). Even if they
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106 are macro calls themselves, @code{macroexpand} does not expand them.
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107
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108 The function @code{macroexpand} does not expand calls to inline functions.
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109 Normally there is no need for that, since a call to an inline function is
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110 no harder to understand than a call to an ordinary function.
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112 If @var{environment} is provided, it specifies an alist of macro
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113 definitions that shadow the currently defined macros. Byte compilation
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114 uses this feature.
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116 @smallexample
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117 @group
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118 (defmacro inc (var)
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119 (list 'setq var (list '1+ var)))
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120 @result{} inc
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121 @end group
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123 @group
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124 (macroexpand '(inc r))
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125 @result{} (setq r (1+ r))
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126 @end group
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128 @group
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129 (defmacro inc2 (var1 var2)
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130 (list 'progn (list 'inc var1) (list 'inc var2)))
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131 @result{} inc2
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132 @end group
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134 @group
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135 (macroexpand '(inc2 r s))
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136 @result{} (progn (inc r) (inc s)) ; @r{@code{inc} not expanded here.}
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137 @end group
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138 @end smallexample
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139 @end defun
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142 @defun macroexpand-all form &optional environment
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143 @code{macroexpand-all} expands macros like @code{macroexpand}, but
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145 top-level. If no macros are expanded, the return value is @code{eq}
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148 Repeating the example used for @code{macroexpand} above with
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149 @code{macroexpand-all}, we see that @code{macroexpand-all} @emph{does}
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150 expand the embedded calls to @code{inc}:
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153 (macroexpand-all '(inc2 r s))
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154 @result{} (progn (setq r (1+ r)) (setq s (1+ s)))
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246 @end table
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470 (defmacro for (var from init to final do &rest body)
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522 @subsection Local Variables in Macro Expansions
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548 @smallexample
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567 user's program. Since it is not interned, there is no way the user can
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575 "Execute a simple for loop: (for i from 1 to 10 do (print i))."
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585 @noindent
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597 variable with the same name as one of the macro arguments. Inside the
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637 @node Repeated Expansion
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638 @subsection How Many Times is the Macro Expanded?
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639
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640 Occasionally problems result from the fact that a macro call is
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641 expanded each time it is evaluated in an interpreted function, but is
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642 expanded only once (during compilation) for a compiled function. If the
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643 macro definition has side effects, they will work differently depending
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644 on how many times the macro is expanded.
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645
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646 Therefore, you should avoid side effects in computation of the
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647 macro expansion, unless you really know what you are doing.
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649 One special kind of side effect can't be avoided: constructing Lisp
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650 objects. Almost all macro expansions include constructed lists; that is
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651 the whole point of most macros. This is usually safe; there is just one
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652 case where you must be careful: when the object you construct is part of a
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653 quoted constant in the macro expansion.
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654
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655 If the macro is expanded just once, in compilation, then the object is
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656 constructed just once, during compilation. But in interpreted
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657 execution, the macro is expanded each time the macro call runs, and this
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658 means a new object is constructed each time.
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660 In most clean Lisp code, this difference won't matter. It can matter
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661 only if you perform side-effects on the objects constructed by the macro
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662 definition. Thus, to avoid trouble, @strong{avoid side effects on
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663 objects constructed by macro definitions}. Here is an example of how
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664 such side effects can get you into trouble:
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666 @lisp
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667 @group
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668 (defmacro empty-object ()
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669 (list 'quote (cons nil nil)))
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670 @end group
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672 @group
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673 (defun initialize (condition)
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674 (let ((object (empty-object)))
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675 (if condition
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676 (setcar object condition))
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677 object))
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678 @end group
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679 @end lisp
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680
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681 @noindent
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682 If @code{initialize} is interpreted, a new list @code{(nil)} is
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683 constructed each time @code{initialize} is called. Thus, no side effect
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684 survives between calls. If @code{initialize} is compiled, then the
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685 macro @code{empty-object} is expanded during compilation, producing a
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686 single ``constant'' @code{(nil)} that is reused and altered each time
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687 @code{initialize} is called.
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688
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689 One way to avoid pathological cases like this is to think of
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690 @code{empty-object} as a funny kind of constant, not as a memory
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691 allocation construct. You wouldn't use @code{setcar} on a constant such
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692 as @code{'(nil)}, so naturally you won't use it on @code{(empty-object)}
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693 either.
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695 @node Indenting Macros
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696 @section Indenting Macros
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697
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698 You can use the @code{declare} form in the macro definition to
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699 specify how to @key{TAB} should indent indent calls to the macro. You
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700 write it like this:
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701
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702 @example
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703 (declare (indent @var{indent-spec}))
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704 @end example
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705
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706 @noindent
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707 Here are the possibilities for @var{indent-spec}:
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708
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709 @table @asis
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710 @item @code{nil}
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711 This is the same as no property---use the standard indentation pattern.
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712 @item @code{defun}
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713 Handle this function like a @samp{def} construct: treat the second
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714 line as the start of a @dfn{body}.
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715 @item an integer, @var{number}
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716 The first @var{number} arguments of the function are
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717 @dfn{distinguished} arguments; the rest are considered the body
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718 of the expression. A line in the expression is indented according to
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719 whether the first argument on it is distinguished or not. If the
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720 argument is part of the body, the line is indented @code{lisp-body-indent}
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721 more columns than the open-parenthesis starting the containing
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722 expression. If the argument is distinguished and is either the first
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723 or second argument, it is indented @emph{twice} that many extra columns.
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724 If the argument is distinguished and not the first or second argument,
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725 the line uses the standard pattern.
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726 @item a symbol, @var{symbol}
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727 @var{symbol} should be a function name; that function is called to
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728 calculate the indentation of a line within this expression. The
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729 function receives two arguments:
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730 @table @asis
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731 @item @var{state}
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732 The value returned by @code{parse-partial-sexp} (a Lisp primitive for
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733 indentation and nesting computation) when it parses up to the
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734 beginning of this line.
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735 @item @var{pos}
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736 The position at which the line being indented begins.
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737 @end table
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738 @noindent
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739 It should return either a number, which is the number of columns of
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740 indentation for that line, or a list whose car is such a number. The
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741 difference between returning a number and returning a list is that a
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742 number says that all following lines at the same nesting level should
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743 be indented just like this one; a list says that following lines might
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744 call for different indentations. This makes a difference when the
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745 indentation is being computed by @kbd{C-M-q}; if the value is a
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746 number, @kbd{C-M-q} need not recalculate indentation for the following
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747 lines until the end of the list.
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748 @end table
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750 @ignore
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751 arch-tag: d4cce66d-1047-45c3-bfde-db6719d6e82b
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752 @end ignore