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

[Miles Bader]

> > 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.

Yes, but that only applies if it occurs in an evaluable context. 
Anyplace else, all bets are off.

-Miles