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@@ -63037,7 +63037,7 @@ If the resulting expanded form is a or .code eval-only form, then -.code eval +.code compile-file iterates over that form's argument expressions, compiling each expression recursively as if it were separate expression. .IP 3 @@ -63060,7 +63060,7 @@ For instance, compiled forms which define or reference free variables or global functions require the names of these variables or functions to be represented as literals. -An object used as a literals in file-compiled code must be +An object used as a literal in file-compiled code must be .I externalizable which means that it has a printed representation which can be scanned to produce a similar object. An object which does not have a readable printed @@ -63203,6 +63203,8 @@ form at the time the form is being executed. If a symbol is defined as a variable at that time, it is accessed as a variable. If it defined as a function, it is accessed as a function. +.coNP Bound symbols in @ dwim + The symbolic arguments of a .code dwim form that refer to global bindings are also treated differently by the compiler. @@ -63352,7 +63354,9 @@ Note: a form like will not be processed by .code compile-toplevel in a manner similar to the processing by -.codn eval . +.code eval +or +.codn compile-file . In this example, .code defmacro form will not be evaluated prior to the expansion of @@ -63365,6 +63369,13 @@ can be processed by .codn compile-toplevel ; however, the macro definition now takes place during expansion, and isn't compiled. +The +.code compile-file +function has no such issue when it encounters such a form at the top-level, +because that function will consider a top-level +.code progn +form to consist of multiple top-level forms that are compiled +individually, and also executed immediately after being compiled. .TP* Example |