Re: master f515d658e5 1/2: Don't quote numbers in byte-run--set-*

[Stefan Monnier]

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2022-06-20 00:29:46] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> My proposal was to change the semantics, rather than to "avoid if".
>> According to it,
>>     (declare (doc-string (foo bar)))
>> would actually set `doc-string-elt` to the return value of calling (foo
>> bar) rather than setting it to the list `(foo bar)`.
> Oh, right...  Hm.  I don't really have an opinion about that, but it's
> pretty unusual for declare forms to not be literal, I think?

Part of the motivation was indeed to change those habits.
I think the quoting used all over the place is mostly an accident that
happens to usually be harmless, rather than a feature.


        Stefan