Re: eval-when-compile help?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> BTW, maybe a better option is to use a macro like:
>>      (defmacro if-when-compile (test then else)
>>        (if (eval test t) then else))
>> and then do
>>      (if-when-compile (version< emacs-version "28")
>>          (progn
>>            (require 'eieio)
>>                       (defclass xref-location () ()
>>              :documentation
>>              "(Obsolete) location represents a position in a file or 
>> buffer.")))
>
> That gives me
>
>   Wrong number of arguments: (3 . 3), 2

;-)

> What would I put in the 'else' branch anyway?

I was thinking of a generic `if-when-compile` which wouldn't be specific
to this use (and `when-when-compile` sounds just odd ;-).


        Stefan