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changeset 99064:d3c8765b4701
(Function Bindings): Mention `flet' fails to deal with byte-compiling
things like `+'.
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:38:21 +0000 |
| parents | eec60dbfa1b8 |
| children | 14578ca4f716 |
| files | doc/misc/cl.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/misc/cl.texi Thu Oct 23 02:36:41 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/misc/cl.texi Thu Oct 23 02:38:21 2008 +0000 @@ -1732,6 +1732,11 @@ direct C-language calls to the message routines rather than going through the Lisp @code{message} function. +@c Bug#411. +Also note that many primitives (e.g. @code{+}) have special byte-compile +handling. Attempts to redefine such functions using @code{flet} will +fail if byte-compiled. In such cases, use @code{labels} instead. + Functions defined by @code{flet} may use the full Common Lisp argument notation supported by @code{defun*}; also, the function body is enclosed in an implicit block as if by @code{defun*}.