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Re: [External] : Re: Generality of defvar
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Emanuel Berg |
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Re: [External] : Re: Generality of defvar |
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Mon, 01 Aug 2022 05:24:50 +0200 |
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Drew Adams wrote:
>>>>> Yes, but you can press C-M-x on a (defvar var-name
>>>>> 'var-value) and it will get re-set to the new value even
>>>>> if the variable is already defined.
>>>>
>>>> So you can! I just tested and you are right. Did they
>>>> change that recently?
>>>
>>> 80s? 70s?
>>
>> Haha :)
>>
>> Nevermind then.
>
> Sorry, I guess that might have sounded a bit snarky.
No, I like the old-school parts of me. The parts of me that
I consider old-school ...
> Dunno when this behavior was defined for Elisp `defvar' (and
> some others), but it's been there as long as I can remember,
> which probably goes back to Emacs 18, in the early 80s.
Yeah, must have picked that up from some old manual.
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