From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: defvaralias Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 05:26:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200505060142.j461gYF08458@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115460996 25207 80.91.229.2 (7 May 2005 10:16:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 10:16:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 07 12:16:35 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUMMH-0000xQ-PB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 12:16:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUMKZ-0001b9-F5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 06:14:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DULlt-0004M1-W5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 05:38:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DULlt-0004LP-3Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 05:38:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DULhl-0002c8-GN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 05:34:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DULfe-0001tI-Ka for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 05:32:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1DULZW-0000Dv-93; Sat, 07 May 2005 05:26:06 -0400 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200505060142.j461gYF08458@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Thu, 5 May 2005 20:42:34 -0500 (CDT)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:36803 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36803 There are two solutions for the variable case. Document the fact in the docstring and Elisp documentation of defvaralias, or make defvaralias behave exactly like defalias and get rid of the "unless" behavior. I prefer the latter. I think the latter is cleaner, but it is also an incompatible change. I'd rather warn people we will change this after version 22.