Re: byte-opt.el addition - optimize list of compile-time constants

[Stefan Monnier]

> I seriously wonder how much would break if this optimization were
> implemented for 'list'.  My suspicion is that people don't commonly
> apply 'eq' to lists in the first place.

Well, try it:

  (put 'list 'byte-optimizer 'byte-optimize-pure-func)
  (put 'list* 'byte-optimizer 'byte-optimize-pure-func)
  (put 'cons 'byte-optimizer 'byte-optimize-pure-func)
  (put 'append 'byte-optimizer 'byte-optimize-pure-func)


-- Stefan