Re: Can't compile

[Robert Thorpe]

On Feb 24, 10:28 am, Xavier Maillard <z...@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to byte-compile nero.el[1] but it just fails with
> this error:
>
> In nero-restore-match:
> nero.el:1526:17:Warning: `string-to-int' is an obsolete function (as of Emacs
>     22.1); use `string-to-number' instead.
> nero.el:2119:1:Error: Symbol's function definition is void: 
> nero-follow-numbers
> make: *** [nero.elc] Error 1
>
> The first warning is easy to fix (and I fixed it) but what about
> the second error ?

I don't know anything about this code, but what is shown here is a
rather common lisp error.

The function nero-follow-numbers is used in a macro.  This macro is
used in the file/compilation block nero.elc.
The bytecompiler works on a per file basis.  It compiles each of the
defuns to bytecodes completing it's actions once the file is
finished.  Macros though must be expanded when the code is being read,
at this stage the defuns in the file have not yet been finalised.

This works fine for the normal evalutator because it finalises and
installs a function at the end of the defun form.

This is why "eval-and-compile" is needed.