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@@ -62762,6 +62762,13 @@ form; that .code load form must be executed. +Note that execution of a form implies that the +.code load-time +forms that it contains are evaluated (prior to other evaluations). Suppression +of the execution of a form also suppresses the evaluation of +.code load-time +forms. + Situations in which .code compile-only is useful are those in which it is desirable to stage the execution of some @@ -62929,6 +62936,17 @@ Thus, the .code load-time forms in a given top-level form may rely on the side-effects of prior top-level forms having taken place. +Note that, by default, +.code compile-file +also immediately executes each top-level form which it compiles and deposits +into the output file. This execution is equivalent to a load; it causes +.code load-time +forms to be evaluated. The +.code compile-only +operator must be used around +.code load-time +forms which must be evaluated only when the compiled file is loaded, +and not at compile time. In all situations, the evaluation of .meta form |