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Re: suppressing byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: suppressing byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:18:39 -0800 |
Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi, Dan!
>
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 07:51:24AM -0800, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> > Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 07:55:08PM -0500, Glenn Morris wrote:
>
> > > > Here's an attempt at a method to allow for suppressing of
> > > > byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions.
>
> > > > I haven't yet written the function to check that functions are
> > > > actually defined in the specified files, but I imagine it would be
> > > > straightforward.
>
> > > As a matter of interest, there has been this sort of functionality
> > > in cc-bytecomp.el (written by Martin Stjernholm) for some time. In
> > > particular, `cc-bytecomp-defun' and `cc-bytecomp-defvar', whose
> > > prime use is suppressing compiler warnings.
>
> > What is the advantage of (cc-bytecomp-defvar VARIABLE) over plain
> > (defvar VARIABLE)?
>
> You can have the variable "defined" solely for the duration of the
> byte-compilation. This is useful for `xemacs-foo' and `gnu-emacs-bar'
> if your file.el is portable. It's useful for core Emacs
> variables/functions defined in a file which isn't currently loaded.
But that is not different from plain defvar, it just seems to add
a layer of obfuscation...
> > > It might be sensible to reuse this.
>
> > Would that be possible without editing all elisp files in emacs?
>
> Yes, absolutely! But it'll need some files to be edited. ;-)
:-) Joke aside, please see the long discussion that preceded Glenn's
design, the thread was called "byte compiler warnings when bootstrapping".
- Re: byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions can now be silenced, (continued)
- Re: byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions can now be silenced, Richard Stallman, 2007/11/19
- Re: byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions can now be silenced, Glenn Morris, 2007/11/19
- Re: byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions can now be silenced, Jay Belanger, 2007/11/19
- Re: byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions can now be silenced, Glenn Morris, 2007/11/19
- Re: byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions can now be silenced, Richard Stallman, 2007/11/20
Re: suppressing byte-compiler warnings about undefined functions, Alan Mackenzie, 2007/11/11