Re: Evil defvars in org.el

[SAKURAI Masashi <m.sakurai@kiwanami.net>]

Hi Edward,

In last year, I made calfw.el, the calendar view like the google calendar.
Then, I had read the calendar.el code many times and studied the algorithm.
So, I'm glad to know the old story at your post.

Thank you so much.

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SAKURAI, Masashi (family, given)
m.sakurai@kiwanami.net


At Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:57:36 -0500,
Edward Reingold wrote:
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> Although I no longer maintain the code (and have not for years), my memory is that many things
> will break if this is changed willy-nilly.  It is part of the earliest-written (circa 1983),
> deepest levels of the code, so the changes will be pervasive, affecting almost every .el file. 
> When I wrote the code (primarily for my own use and amusement), I saw little choice in using the
> mechanism, though I knew it was clunky.  Emacs at the time was MUCH smaller and I knew most of its
> internals well, so I felt pretty safe...who'd have guessed how much it would grow over almost 30
> years, or that my code would still be around.  Sorry.