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changeset 62520:ee08cd4e1bf0
(eval-when-compile): Doc fix.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 19 May 2005 15:39:56 +0000 |
| parents | ad1a92f77517 |
| children | 91bf7b558b82 |
| files | lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el Thu May 19 15:39:21 2005 +0000 +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el Thu May 19 15:39:56 2005 +0000 @@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ ;;; byte-compile-macro-environment. (defmacro eval-when-compile (&rest body) - "Like `progn', but evaluates the body at compile time. -The result of the body appears to the compiler as a quoted constant." + "Like `progn', but evaluates the body at compile time if you're compiling. +Thus, the result of the body appears to the compiler as a quoted constant. +In interpreted code, this is entirely equivalent to `progn'." (declare (debug t) (indent 0)) ;; Not necessary because we have it in b-c-initial-macro-environment ;; (list 'quote (eval (cons 'progn body)))