From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Subject: bug#5971: 23.1.95; `delete' modifies default value instead of buffer-local value
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:25:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbpdgufit.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A041D87110D144EFA9432E5AAC7D9B70@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:24:42 -0700")
>> > This doesn't seem right to me.
>> Why not? That's the whole reason for the existence of two functions:
>> `delete' and `remove'.
> I'm aware that `delete' modifies the list structure and `remove' uses
> a copy. What I don't understand is the interaction with a default
> value instead of a buffer-local value. Why would `delete' cause the
> behavior described?
Why not?
Stefan
PS: Closing this. You can continue the discussion on gnu.emacs.help
(or even comp.lang.lisp, tho I never read that one and they're probably
not that familiar with buffer-local variables).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-19 6:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-19 2:41 bug#5971: 23.1.95; `delete' modifies default value instead of buffer-local value Drew Adams
2010-04-19 4:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-04-19 5:24 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-19 6:25 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2010-04-19 15:09 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-19 15:56 ` Glenn Morris
2010-04-19 16:05 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-04-19 16:15 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-19 16:31 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-04-19 17:03 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-19 18:42 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-04-19 18:58 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-19 20:18 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-04-19 20:31 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-19 20:38 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-04-19 22:06 ` Drew Adams
2010-04-21 7:29 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-04-21 11:58 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-09 5:47 ` Glenn Morris
2010-04-19 15:09 ` bug#5971: - reopen Drew Adams
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