From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18059: 24.3.92; defvar and special variables Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:05:14 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ha2c7lxy.fsf@web.de> <87mv0gbq33.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87y3k0bdm9.fsf@web.de> <87inb4bbse.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <873727bkud.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87efloa000.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87fu5y53w5.fsf@gmail.com> <87371xlpmw.fsf@web.de> <87a7w2m1cb.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1519394659 6779 195.159.176.226 (23 Feb 2018 14:04:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:04:19 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 18059@debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 23 15:04:14 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1epDxN-0001KB-6l for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:04:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44775 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1epDzP-0006uX-Ku for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:06:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48215) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1epDzC-0006tx-2u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:06:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1epDz8-0002yD-To for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:06:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49343) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1epDz8-0002y2-Pm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:06:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1epDz8-0002Gd-F0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:06:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:06:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18059 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 18059-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18059.15193947188662 (code B ref 18059); Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:06:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18059) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Feb 2018 14:05:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57240 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1epDyQ-0002Fe-D8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:05:18 -0500 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:47047) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1epDyO-0002FW-5F for 18059@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:05:17 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id w1NE5EVm004203; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:05:14 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 64D726043C; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:05:14 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87a7w2m1cb.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Wed, 21 Feb 2018 23:20:36 +0100") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Level: X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0.1 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 3 Rules triggered GEN_SPAM_FEATRE=0.1, EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6229=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6229> : inlines <6429> : streams <1779815> : uri <2597998> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:143623 Archived-At: > I wonder if it would be better to just provide fluid-let and give up the > special handled `defvar' case instead. This `defvar` case was devised specifically as a way to make it possible to provide something like fluid-let without having to introduce a new special form. Stefan