> Well, dpANS(*1) says, and ACL Help summarizes, that top-level
> forms are processed by file compiler according to a certail rule
> as below:
> 
>   CT   LT   EX    MODE   ACTION
>   No   No   Yes   NCT    Discard
> 
>   CT :COMPILE-TOPLEVEL   MODE  processing mode of the file compiler
>   LT :LOAD-TOPLEVEL      NCT   not-compile-time mode
>   EX :EXECUTE
> 
> File compiler is in the not-compile-time mode initially.
> In the case of my prevous mail, the compiler will be encountered
> `(EVAL-WHEN (:EXECUTE) ...)' AS A TOP-LEVEL FORM, so that the body
> will be ignored, I think.

This table means the body is not evaluated at compile time, but it is
compiled at compile time, and then executed at execute time (i.e., when
the compiled file is loaded).

/Eric/