From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why does evaluating a piece of Elisp code seemingly not expand a macro?
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:54:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvio2rf10h.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87io2r95n2.fsf@mbork.pl
> 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-18 13:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-15 10:08 Why does evaluating a piece of Elisp code seemingly not expand a macro? Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-15 10:57 ` Oleh Krehel
2016-01-17 22:56 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-18 13:54 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2016-01-18 20:03 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-18 20:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-15 21:10 ` Samuel W. Flint
2016-01-15 22:06 ` Nick Dokos
2016-01-15 22:24 ` Marcin Borkowski
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