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changeset 71855:0fa817d8a084
(Coding Conventions): Explain why use cl at compile time.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:07:17 +0000 |
| parents | a4944423be59 |
| children | 52fe532e1485 |
| files | lispref/tips.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/tips.texi Wed Jul 12 16:05:19 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/tips.texi Wed Jul 12 16:07:17 2006 +0000 @@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ that could cause name clashes for users who don't use that package. However, there is no problem with using the @code{cl} package at -compile time, e.g. for macros, with -@code{(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))}. +compile time, with @code{(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))}. That's +sufficient for using the macros in the @code{cl} package, because the +compiler expands them before generating the byte-code. @item When defining a major mode, please follow the major mode