bug#47516: 28.0.50; void-variable edebug-all-defs

[Stefan Monnier]

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2021-05-08 14:14:52] wrote:
> martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> writes:
>> No.  But I just read the doc-string of `edebug-all-defs':
>>
>>   edebug-all-defs is a variable defined in ‘edebug.el’.
>>
>>   You can use the command ‘edebug-all-defs’ to toggle the value of this
>>   variable.  You may wish to make it local to each buffer with
>>   (make-local-variable 'edebug-all-defs) in your
>>   ‘emacs-lisp-mode-hook’.
>>
>> and that's what I've apparently done.
>>
>>> I'm leaning towards considering this a "pilot error".
>>
>> Objection, your honor!
>
> Skimming this thread, it seems like this is indeed a bug...  so is the
> right fix here just to reintroduce the autoloads removed by bae2cfe63c?

I think so, sadly.  I think the suggestion to put
(make-local-variable 'edebug-all-defs) is a bad one, but that boat
has sailed, apparently.


        Stefan