From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: void variable Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:54:16 -0500 (CDT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200407252354.i6PNsGh00144@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <410353ED.1090107@math.ku.dk> <4104091E.4040007@math.ku.dk> <200407252046.i6PKkFH29813@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <41042C27.90902@math.ku.dk> <200407252339.i6PNdb500127@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1090799871 23935 80.91.224.253 (25 Jul 2004 23:57:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 23:57:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsh@math.ku.dk, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 26 01:57:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BossB-0003Fm-00 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:57:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BosvB-0004P2-VT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:00:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bosv5-0004Ox-KR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:00:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bosv4-0004Ok-31 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:00:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bosv3-0004Oh-VR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:00:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bosry-0000R6-Eo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:57:30 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6PNvTuE003397; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:57:29 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id i6PNsGh00144; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:54:16 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu In-reply-to: <200407252339.i6PNdb500127@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:39:37 -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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:25956 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25956 I now believe that I should replace: + some file FILE with this form \(or with `defconst' or `defcustom', + which behave similarly in this respect), you should carefully check with: some file FILE with this form \(or with `defcustom', which behaves similarly in this respect), you should carefully check and: ! that is defined in some file FILE with this form \(or with ! `defvar' or `defconst', which behave similarly in this respect), with: that is defined in some file FILE with this form \(or with `defvar', which behave similarly in this respect), We do not want to encourage people to make local bindings for variables defined with `defconst'. Sincerely, Luc.