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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Cleanups and tests for DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER variables
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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:42:38 -0400
> 
> > To statically avoid checking Qunbound for vars where it's not necessary,
> > we need to use separate syntax for accessing BVARs that have defaults
> > and BVARs that don't have defaults. Only BVARs that have defaults need a
> > Qunbound check.  (We could use the same syntax for both, but it would
> > require X macros which Eli disliked earlier)
> 
> BTW, we may also want to try and increase the proportion of those vars
> which don't have a global default (i.e. look at which variables fall
> into this camp and that can be changed without too much trouble).

Let's make this a separate issue and separate patch series, please.