From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 55156@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55156: [PATCH] eval.c: New functions `defvar-f` and `defconst-f`
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 23:10:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1nkH1m-0001lO-9E@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvh76ejj2p.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> (bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)
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> This sounds scary, but the reality is less so: while the behavior of
> the special form obeyed its doc in this respect, the behavior of the
> convoluted code generated by the byte-compiler did not(!) and always
> evaluated the <exp> part anyway. So this patch also aligns the two
> semantics to provide the same behavior.
I have a feeling that that discrepancy will cause real trouble some
day. However, fixing it can cause trouble too. I think this calls
for real thought.
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-27 21:46 bug#55156: [PATCH] eval.c: New functions `defvar-f` and `defconst-f` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-04-27 22:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-27 22:29 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-04-27 22:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-28 1:29 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-04-28 5:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-29 3:10 ` Richard Stallman
2022-04-28 5:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-28 13:26 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-04-28 13:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-28 13:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-28 13:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-29 3:10 ` Richard Stallman
2022-05-25 20:38 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-05-26 5:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-27 1:27 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-04-29 3:10 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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