Re: Why shouldn't we have a #if .... #else .... #endif construct in Emacs Lisp?

[Richard Stallman]

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  > Because there are cases when `fboundp' should be checked at runtime.
  > For example, some parts of Org use `fboundp' to check if certain
  > third-party optional dependencies are loaded. If `fboundp' is resolved
  > at compile time, such checks will be broken.

I am confident there is a convenient way to distinguish the cases
where you want run-time tests from those where you would like
compile-time tests.  But I can't try to look for it until I see
what the former cases look like.  Can you show me an example?

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