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

[Zack Weinberg]

Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

>> which is what (function ...) is for, right?  I am quite confused by
>> what the manual says about function vs. bare lambda expressions.
>
> A user might well have a constant list with (function (lambda ...))
> embedded in it that _isn't_ intended to be executed; the compiler
> simply cannot make assumptions like you suggest about the contents of
> a constant list.

I thought the whole point of (function ...) was to assert that the
lambda expression it contains *will* be used by execution.

zw