Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r103075: * lisp/simple.el (special-mode-map): Bind "h" to `describe-mode';

[Sam Steingold]

> * Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> [2011-02-05 14:24:57 -0500]:
>
>> -(defvar bookmark-bmenu-mode-map
>> -  (let ((map (make-keymap)))
> [...]
>> +(define-key bookmark-bmenu-mode-map "q" 'quit-window)
>> +(define-key bookmark-bmenu-mode-map "v" 'bookmark-bmenu-select)
>
> This change, along with other similar ones you made in the above commit
> is wrong.  Keymaps need to be defined within their `defvar'.
> The use of define-derived-mode makes no difference to it.

I am confused.
(macroexpand '(define-derived-mode child-mode parent-mode "mode name"))
clearly shows
(defvar child-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
why do I need a separate defvar?

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