bug#60974: 30.0.50; byte-compile-preprocess mutates self evaluating forms in expanded macro bodies

[Vibhav Pant]

On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 11:04 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Alternatively, we could define a macro, store its expanded form in
> > a
> > variable and run it through `cconv-closure-convert`, checking
> > afterwards whether the original value changed or not. It feels a
> > little
> > more reliable, but writing it might be a little tricky.
> 
> I was thinking of doing something like:
> 
>     (let ((f '(lambda () (interactive ...) ...)))
>       (should (equal f
>                      (let ((fc (copy-tree f)))
>                        (byte-compile fc)
>                        fc))))
> 
> 
> -- Stefan
> 

I wrote a variant of this that specifically calls `cconv-closure-
convert`, and checks if the interactive spec has been modified, using
`eq`. It fails on master, and passes with the patch installed.

-- 
Vibhav Pant
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