Changed it to just a function - you are correct, for this purpose I don't need a macro. On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Nathaniel Flath writes: > > > OK, I think I fixed that. > > Thanks. > > I didn't verify it compiles, but your macro still looks suspicious. > > > +(defmacro org-table-execute-once-per-second (t1 &rest body) > > + "If there has been more than one second since T1, execute BODY. > > +Updates T1 to 'current-time' if this condition is met. If T1 is > > +nil, always execute body." > > + `(let ((t1 ,t1)) > > + (if t1 > > + (let ((curtime (current-time))) > > + (when (< 0 (nth 1 (time-subtract curtime t1))) > > + (setq t1 curtime) > > + ,@body)) > > + ,@body))) > > You shouldn't splice BODY twice in your macro. Also, I don't get why you > need to (setq t1 curtime). > > Do you need a macro at all for this task? ISTM you only need to display > a message conditionally and update a time value. > > > Regard, >