Re: problems with flet on last emacs

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@online.de>]

Am 11.11.2012 00:38, schrieb Stefan Monnier:
>> (let ((saved (symbol-function 'foo)))
>>    (unwind-protect
>>        (progn
>>          (fset 'foo #'(lambda ()
>>                         (message "bar!")))
>>          (meta-foo))
>>      (fset 'foo saved)))
>
> Same problem as with flet: the redefinition is hard to find, dynamically
> scoped, etc...
>
> Better use
>
>     (defvar foo-bar nil)
>     (defadvice foo (around blabla activate)
>       (if foo-bar (message "bar!") ad-do-it))
>
> and then
>
>     ...
>     (let ((foo-bar t))
>       ...)
>
> So C-h f foo RET will tell you about the redefinition and you can
> recover the non-redefined behavior with a simple (setq foo-bar nil).
>
>
>          Stefan
>
>

Hi Stefan,

while looking with interest and delight at new features, what about make for that process a similar change as was made with bug-tracking.
IMO the decision-making process might be done in a more structured way than now - by keeping the final instances.

Best,

Andreas