From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 17:14:19 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: * bytecomp.el (byte-compile-defvar): Add note about quoted lambda.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-24.0.90~104^2~618^2~88
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6105399dcc36b1b20c95378f895092ab36f7e986;p=emacs.git

* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-defvar): Add note about quoted lambda.
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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
index f0f59123aa9..0dae6748c24 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
@@ -4155,6 +4155,8 @@ binding slots have been popped."
 	    (if (eq fun 'defconst)
 		;; `defconst' sets `var' unconditionally.
 		(let ((tmp (make-symbol "defconst-tmp-var")))
+                  ;; Quote with `quote' to prevent byte-compiling the body,
+                  ;; which would lead to an inf-loop.
 		  `(funcall '(lambda (,tmp) (defconst ,var ,tmp))
 			    ,value))
 	      ;; `defvar' sets `var' only when unbound.