Function: byte-compile-list

byte-compile-list is a byte-compiled function defined in bytecomp.el.gz.

Signature

(byte-compile-list FORM)

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el.gz
(defun byte-compile-list (form)
  (let ((count (length (cdr form))))
    (cond ((= count 0)
	   (byte-compile-constant nil))
	  ((< count 5)
	   (mapc 'byte-compile-form (cdr form))
	   (byte-compile-out
	    (aref [byte-list1 byte-list2 byte-list3 byte-list4] (1- count)) 0))
	  ((< count 256)
	   (mapc 'byte-compile-form (cdr form))
	   (byte-compile-out 'byte-listN count))
	  (t (byte-compile-normal-call form)))))