bug#68931: 30.0.50; Gnus byte-compilation error with (display . [not expire]) with git emacs

[Stefan Monnier]

> In general I think Gnus goes to a lot of this kind of effort, based on
> performance considerations that are no longer current. Especially with
> native compilation available, I suspect there's no real need to keep
> byte-compiling things on the fly.

FWIW, I don't think native compilation makes any difference in this
respect since the purpose of the code is to avoid running
interpreted code, which is still as relevant with native compilation as
with byte compilation.


        Stefan