From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: defvaralias Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 15:54:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200505072054.j47KsWF24056@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200505060142.j461gYF08458@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200505062239.j46Mdm020681@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200505071844.j47IiT023040@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115499962 29022 80.91.229.2 (7 May 2005 21:06:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 21:06:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 07 23:06:00 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUWUL-0002RP-Aw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 23:05:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUWcK-0003I5-RH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 17:13:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DUWYf-0001ml-2H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 17:09:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DUWYd-0001m2-In for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 17:09:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUWWg-0000yM-5k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 17:07:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DUWPp-0007nJ-Ba for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 17:00:49 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j47Kstog004822; Sat, 7 May 2005 15:54:55 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j47KsWF24056; Sat, 7 May 2005 15:54:32 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: lekktu@gmail.com In-reply-to: (message from Juanma Barranquero on Sat, 7 May 2005 22:09:53 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:36837 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36837 Juanma Barranquero wrote; > That is indeed true. The confusion arose because I forgot that `C-h v > did not work for variables defined in the C code in 21.3. Uh? *** Welcome to IELM *** Type (describe-mode) for help. ELISP> (defvar *x* 1) *x* ELISP> (defvaralias '*y* '*x*) *** Eval error *** Symbol's function definition is void: defvaralias ELISP> emacs-version "21.3.1" ELISP> You are right. I guess I just forgot _how_ I checked it yesterday. After seeing Richard's message, I just _assumed_ that I must have done something wrong. Richard, shall I go ahead and install my patch then? Sincerely, Luc.