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Re: "The starting list count" ?????


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: "The starting list count" ?????
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:43:22 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> Yes.  But the current byte-compiler copes with it.  The version I have
> in scratch/correct-warning-pos doesn't, because of that copy-tree call
> (and possibly the further processing in macroexp-strip-symbol-positions,
> too).

FWIW, I consider the use of `copy-tree` as a code smell.
Can be handy in quick&dirty circumstances, but it's rarely exactly what
is needed, and if it is, it's probably only so by accident.

>> Maybe we should apply the patch below.
> Hmm.  That feels like papering over the problem rather than solving it.

You're probably right ;-)


        Stefan




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