From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Let clause with defvar
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:32:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cyliwfuy.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9EGMQRUSCtf_OJp3XtqFKZzdln94g30r9_RPWx9rhwYKpoIiyHBVJEWdY3sMgF5dl746AtbrDDVEkcxOPZLCvjm_VCLmeW8WBGFpTek90O4=@protonmail.com> (Heime's message of "Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:49:54 +0000")
Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> writes:
> Consider two versions of setting xiakos. The let defines local bindings.
> Can the let block be placed outside a defvar or inside. Does it make a
> difference ? Although defvar is used to define global variables, can it
> be used to evaluating local bindings like let ? Which version would one
> suggest ?
>
> (let ( (orella-waypt
> (questor-path-snip marshal-waypt "orella")) )
>
> (defvar xiakos
> `( ("GLXKS" . ,(concat orella-waypt "/xiakos"))
> ("GLXKS" . ,(concat orella-waypt "/xiakos")) ))
>
> and
>
> (defvar xiakos
>
> (let ( (orella-waypt (questor-path-snip marshal-waypt "orella")) )
>
> `( ("GLXKS" . ,(concat orella-waypt "/xiakos"))
> ("GLXKS" . ,(concat orella-waypt "/xiakos")) ))
I'd place the `let' inside the `defvar', because it makes it easier to
evaluate the value manually without changing the value of the variable.
--
Philip Kaludercic on siskin
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2024-09-04 0:49 Let clause with defvar Heime
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