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

[David Kastrup]

Zack Weinberg <address@hidden> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
>>> Also, in Common Lisp the situation is clearly that the compiler _is_
>>> entitled to compile (function ...) wherever it finds it
>>
>> Can you provide a reference for this?  Given that it's quite
>> dangerous, I'm skeptical of this claim.
>
> I was going by CLTL/1, which says "The value of function is *always*
> the functional interpretation of [its argument]" (emphasis mine).

But inside of a quoted list, `function' does not get evaluated, so its
value does not come into play in the first place.

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