Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> writes:

> Achim Gratz writes:
>> Florian Beck writes:
>>> I don't think so. The string evaluates to itself or am I missing
>>> something?
>>
>> If it would fall under "SELFQUOTING" then yes (but I really don't
>> understand what the doc string is trying to tell me there and what would
>> be used for comparison).
>
> I've looked at this again and I still don't understand the docstring.
> I've confirmed that the bytecompiler produces not only a warning during
> compilation, but the compiled code won't work, 

I cannot reproduce this. The code works for me and byte compiling
doesn't generate any warning.

GNU Emacs 24.3.50.7 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.6.0) of 
2013-01-28 on flo-laptop

> so despite indications to
> the contrary the backquotes are indeed necessary.  This means that
> either the docstring fails to clearly indicate the necessity of using
> the backquotes on string constants or the bytecompiler fails to compile
> legal code: I'd suggest you take this example to emacs-bugs and see what
> the devs have to say.
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.

-- 
Florian Beck

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