Re: [comp.emacs.xemacs] Package incompatibility

mb> I'm sure a smart guy like David wouldn't use (+ x 0) to turn a mb> marker into an integer... SJT> No, but a macro that he wrote, called with an argument of 0, very well SJT> might, if I understand the process correctly. Surely a human would SJT> write (marker-position 0). The byte-compiler used to be smart enough SJT> to do that, now it has been lobotomized. Again, IUTPC. ^^^^ ^^^^^ what? ????? You mean (defmacro fast-marker-position (x) (+ x 0)) as a speed hack? Yes, I can see someone (like me?!) doing this. Good point. SJT> I thought it was clear that that's what worried me all along. I still think optimizing (+ x 0) to x was the Right Thing to do.