Re: On definition of `kbd'

[David Kastrup]

"Herbert Euler" <address@hidden> writes:

> I find definition of `kbd' is:
>
>   (defmacro kbd (keys)
>     "Convert KEYS to the internal Emacs key representation.
>   KEYS should be a string constant in the format used for
>   saving keyboard macros (see `edmacro-mode')."
>     (read-kbd-macro keys))
>
> This would cause problem when evaluating
>
>  (kbd (car list))
>
> where the `car' of a list is a key sequence text.

In this case, KEYS is the list `(car list)' and not a string constant.

> Is the definition correct?  I think the body should be
>
>  `(read-kbd-macro ,keys)

That would completely defeat the purpose of having a macro, namely
being able to do compile-time evaluation.

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