Re: Some libraries does (require 'cl)

[Stefan Monnier]

> However there is one thing I do not understand and that other people have
> asked: If one want to use functions from cl.el (not only macros), how does
> one do then? Is (eval-when-compile (require 'cl)) sufficient then?

Solution 1: you don't!
Solution 2: you make sure that your call to the CL function can be replaced
            by non-CL functions, using CL's compiler-macros.

(a compiler-macro is basically a compiler directive that tells how to
optimize/compile particular calls to a function.  E.g. you can add
a compiler-macro to the function * such that (* 1 x) is replaced by just x.
IIRC the CL `list*' function has a compiler-macro that replaces most
calls to it by a combination of `cons' calls).


        Stefan