Question : EL::EVAL-WHEN-COMPILE - when to eval

I notice the following in CLOCC src/cllib/elisp.lisp:

> (defmacro el::eval-when-compile (&rest body)
>   `(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel) ,@body))

That text, actually, is after I'd patched it[1]. It should read, originally,
as so:

> (defmacro el::eval-when-compile (&rest body)
>   `(eval-when (compile load) ,@body))


I'm wondering: 

Why would that form execute the body also during LOAD-TOPLEVEL ?

I would think that it would be in the making of a correct match onto the
Emacs behaviors, to execute the BODY code only during :COMPILE-TOPLEVEL. If
I'd be wrong, there, then I stand to be corrected.


--
Sean




[1] I had found that item of code, while making a patch onto the older
eval-when forms, presently used across the CLOCC codebase. I will post a
patch to the list, after I'll have made all the old-style EVAL-WHEN calls
to be replaced with more contemporary forms, in my local source tree. In
this little effort, send & grep have been of some help.


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