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bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar.
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar. |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Nov 2022 10:36:06 +0000 |
Hello, Stefan.
On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 22:12:07 +0100, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> > I don't see any concrete benefit. It's only a problem of documentation
> > and/or teaching programmers. If we could go back to 1984 maybe it would
> > be worth it to make a different decision, but the cost of the change
> > doesn't seem worth the very minor (and hypothetical) benefit.
> So should this bug report be closed?
The action of defvar can't really be changed any more, but the
documentation, which is rather confusing, could be improved. I would
suggest leaving the bug open until this has been done. Unfortunately, I
won't have much time to look at this in the next few days.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
- bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar., (continued)
- bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar., Stefan Monnier, 2022/11/07
- bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar., Alan Mackenzie, 2022/11/09
- bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar., Stefan Monnier, 2022/11/09
- bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar., Stefan Kangas, 2022/11/24
- bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar., Eli Zaretskii, 2022/11/24
- bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar., Stefan Monnier, 2022/11/24
- bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar., Stefan Kangas, 2022/11/24
- bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar.,
Alan Mackenzie <=