From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: lread.c's `values' variable Date: 03 Nov 2002 02:19:06 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xr8e3lab9.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <200210311955.g9VJtMN31048@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036283506 21572 80.91.224.249 (3 Nov 2002 00:31:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 00:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1888g5-0005bn-00 for ; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 01:31:45 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1888ms-0003y7-00 for ; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 01:38:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1888fq-0005Qg-00; Sat, 02 Nov 2002 19:31:30 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 1888Tv-0000RF-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2002 19:19:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 1888Tt-0000R3-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2002 19:19:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1888Tt-0000Qx-00; Sat, 02 Nov 2002 19:19:09 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (unknown [10.1.82.3]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 7EF6C7C017; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 00:19:08 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9076 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9076 Richard Stallman 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 http://www.cua.dk