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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-05-19 15:39:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-05-19 15:39:56 +0000 |
| commit | 8cd567b8429eebce6918d1350ce53ee142230530 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b3a1c2dbdb68b66e95a40862f7628a579bd3ec8 /lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el | |
| parent | fe33e7c83c02477becbf965733d7d817c8ec331a (diff) | |
| download | emacs-8cd567b8429eebce6918d1350ce53ee142230530.tar.gz | |
(eval-when-compile): Doc fix.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el index 1472d576e49..7fc01901cfe 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el @@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ If you think you need this, you're probably making a mistake somewhere." ;;; 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))) |