RE: should fset 'symbol get an undefined function warning?

[Drew Adams]

>   > > The warning "the function `my-fset-test' is not known to be defined"
>   > > is generated when compiling:
>   > > (fset 'my-fset-test 'foo) (my-fset-test)
>   > > Wouldn't it be better if the warning was not generated?
>   >
>   > Could be.  But if you use `defalias' the warning will be gone.  Why do
>   > you want to use `fset'?
>
> "I" don't, but there are a some files in the tree that do that, one
> that I remember of the top of my head is viper-util. But there are
> some more.

AFAIK, `fset' is not deprecated or obsolete (and the Elisp manual is full of
`fset').

`defalias' might be better to use in this context, but it should still be
good to not issue that warning for `fset'. (I'm not saying anyone has
disagreed with that.)