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Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com> writes:

Can somebody explain why

(require 'cl-lib)
(macroexpand-all '(eval-and-compile (cl-defstruct x)))

Try using macroexpand-1.

I think you are misunderstanding eval-and-compile. this function is not designed for interactive use. When you apply the function
eval-and-compile it is probably doing what you want without the
notification. Explicit macroexpansion can get hairy.

returns the constant 'x instead of something similar to the code
returned by

(macroexpand-all '(cl-defstruct x))

that actually defines a structure?

Try using eval before macro expand. (eval (macroexpand-1 .... ))

Helmut

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