From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: lread.c's `values' variable
Date: 03 Nov 2002 02:19:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5xr8e3lab9.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E187p0e-0004RA-00@fencepost.gnu.org>
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> Does anybody know what is the `values' variable for (defined in lread.c) ?
>
> See lisp-mode.el.
Yes, it uses (car values).
However, that doesn't explain why `values' needs to be a list of all
expressions "which were read, evaluated and printed". Since it grows
without ever being truncated, it is a memory leak IMO.
AFAICS, a simple `last-value' variable would do just fine as a
replacement.
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-03 1:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-31 19:55 lread.c's `values' variable Stefan Monnier
2002-11-02 3:31 ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-03 1:19 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2002-11-04 12:01 ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-05 0:08 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-11-06 4:50 ` Richard Stallman
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