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Re: Definition reasoning of revert-buffer-function, should it be defvar-
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Definition reasoning of revert-buffer-function, should it be defvar-local? |
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:34:26 +0200 |
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On Aug 10 2021, Daniel Nagy wrote:
> I want to understand the reasoning behind the definition and the intention of
> the variable `revert-buffer-function`.
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> In `files.el` I see the following definition:
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>> (put 'revert-buffer-function 'permanent-local t)
>> (defvar revert-buffer-function #'revert-buffer--default)
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> The first line suggests to me, that the intention of the variable is that it
> is
> supposed to be buffer-local, but `defvar-local` was not used.
When these lines were written, defvar-local didn't exist.
Andreas.
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