Macro Expansion

The macro expansion function is applied to the macro arguments. We can see these intermediate results if we use the built-in function MACROEXPAND.

> (macroexpand '(push 5 s))

(IF (NULL S) (SETQ S '(5)) (SETQ S (CONS 5 S)))

T

;2nd value is T since a macro form was expanded

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