From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4706: customize and aliaes Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:04:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4363-Mon12Oct2009122818+0100-jpff@cs.bath.ac.uk> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 4706@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1255465901 13440 80.91.229.12 (13 Oct 2009 20:31:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:31:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4706@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 13 22:31:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mxo1l-0001ER-Mn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:31:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34799 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mxo1k-0005yq-Sx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:31:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mxnxq-0003cr-SD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:27:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mxnxl-0003Zo-JV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:27:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34458 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mxnxk-0003ZU-MR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:27:16 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:60076) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mxnxj-0000eh-CE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:27:16 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n9DKRAhf007175; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:27:12 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n9DKAAaK004166; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:10:10 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:10:10 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:10:10 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4706 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4706-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4706.12554642872269 (code B ref 4706); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:10:10 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4706) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 13 Oct 2009 20:04:47 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (pruche.dit.umontreal.ca [132.204.246.22]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n9DK4j1N002266 for <4706@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:04:47 -0700 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n9DK4iRA014520; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:04:45 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DDE3A3A07F; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:04:44 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:53:13 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3383=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:27:21 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:31884 Archived-At: >> Any suggestions? > Perhaps if new_alias has a 'saved-value property, and base_variable > does not, Fdefvaralias could copy the property to base_variable? > (Additionally, perhaps only if base_variable is not bound?) > That seems like it might be a safe, general solution. I think that extending defvaralias this way would be wrong, but I think it would fit just fine in define-obsolete-variable-alias. Stefan