From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel
Subject: Re: smerge fix
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:11:08 -0400
Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org
Message-ID: <E17kezs-0008KT-00@fencepost.gnu.org>
References: <rzqy9b0cd0u.fsf@albion.dl.ac.uk>
	<200208240232.g7O2WoY11599@wijiji.santafe.edu> <rzq3csx1dn8.fsf@albion.dl.ac.uk>
Reply-To: rms@gnu.org
NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org
X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030688636 5165 127.0.0.1 (30 Aug 2002 06:23:56 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:23:56 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Return-path: <emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org>
Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244])
	by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian))
	id 17kfCD-0001Kx-00
	for <emacs-devel@main.gmane.org>; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:23:53 +0200
Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173])
	by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian))
	id 17kfiq-0003iS-00
	for <emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org>; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:57:37 +0200
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org)
	by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10)
	id 17kfDc-0005Yw-00; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:25:20 -0400
Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10)
	id 17kezu-00025w-00
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:11:10 -0400
Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10)
	id 17kezs-00025M-00
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:11:09 -0400
Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164])
	by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10)
	id 17kezs-00025H-00
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:11:08 -0400
Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10)
	id 17kezs-0008KT-00; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:11:08 -0400
Original-To: d.love@dl.ac.uk
In-Reply-To: <rzq3csx1dn8.fsf@albion.dl.ac.uk> (message from Dave Love on 29
	Aug 2002 23:52:27 +0100)
Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org
X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11
Precedence: bulk
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-devel@gnu.org>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
List-Id: Emacs development discussions. <emacs-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/emacs-devel/>
Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7150
X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7150

    > The easiest thing to do is to say that simple (defvar foo)
    > does not count as a definition.

    When this came up before, you said that should not be done.  I think
    you said that construct was intentionally used to declare variables
    per se.

Yes, occasionally it is, but no great harm will result from this
change.  It only means that those definitions won't be recognized by
certain Emacs features.  You can correct it by changing the definition
to provide a value.

There is no harm in providing an initial value, and a real definition
really ought to provide a doc string.