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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: defvar vs setqif..
Date: 21 May 2002 08:15:50 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bsbaif6h.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ap3vg9id4r1.fsf@poynting.umd.edu>

"D. Goel" <deego@glue.umd.edu> writes:
> > > So i was wondering is a special-form like 'setqif' could be
> >
> > That name would be wrong, because the usage of defvar you're
> > complaining about doesn't set the variable at all.
> 
> but that's why i had an 'if' at the end.. to suggest that setq only if
> not already defined.. else don't setq..

I guess this is already resolved, but just to make sure things are
clear, `defvar' without an initializer _never_ binds or sets the variable.
In fact it shouldn't affect the variable at all, only meta-information
about the variable.

-Miles
-- 
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-05-20 23:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-19 20:44 defvar vs setqif D. Goel
2002-05-19 20:59 ` Colin Walters
2002-05-20  0:05   ` Miles Bader
2002-05-20 19:08   ` D. Goel
2002-05-20 19:41     ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2002-05-20 19:47       ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-21 13:13         ` D. Goel
2002-05-20 20:05     ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-20 21:33   ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-20  0:03 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-20 19:00   ` D. Goel
2002-05-20 19:24     ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-20 19:40       ` D. Goel
2002-05-20 23:15     ` Miles Bader [this message]
2002-05-21 13:18       ` D. Goel

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