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Re: Why does evaluating a piece of Elisp code seemingly not expand a mac
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Why does evaluating a piece of Elisp code seemingly not expand a macro? |
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Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:54:51 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Does it mean that C-M-x is different than loading?
Yes.
> Or C-x C-e, for that matter?
As well.
> Is this covered by the manual? (If not, it might need correcting.)
Not really. The basic idea is that macroexpansion can take place
*anytime* (tho, before the code is actually executed). If you care
about when expansion takes place you probably have a bug.
Stefan