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@@ -49312,6 +49312,24 @@ of these version values, the described behaviors are provided if
is given an argument which is equal or lower. For instance
.code "-C 103"
selects the behaviors described below for version 105, but not those for 102.
+.IP 156
+After version 156, a bug was fixed in the macro expander for
+.codn caseq ,
+.code caseql
+and
+.codn casequal .
+Selecting a compatibility value of 156 or less restores the buggy
+behavior. The bug was that single-atom case keys were undergoing
+evaluation. For instance
+.code "(caseql x (a 0))"
+would arrange for the evaluation of
+.code a
+as a variable, rather than treating it as the symbol
+.code a
+itself. Beside using the compatibility mechanism, a workaround is to
+use a list of keys, exemplified by a rewrite of the foregoing
+expression to
+.codn "(caseql x ((a) 0))" .
.IP 155
After version 155, the
.code tok-str