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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How does one undo (even temporarily) an defvaralias, giving two distinct variables?
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:52:25 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130314165225.GD4296@acm.acm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv38vyueyw.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

Hi, Stefan,

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:36:37PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > The workaround I've come up with is (defvaralias face (gensym)), which
> > although it leaves `face' as an alias, at least it points to a different
> > target.

> BTW don't count on this workaround too much.  If it works, it's purely
> by accident and might get "fixed" at any time.

Sorry, but what might get "fixed"?  What is there about that lisp form
which is, strictly speaking, invalid?

>         Stefan

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).



      reply	other threads:[~2013-03-14 16:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-12 15:55 How does one undo (even temporarily) an defvaralias, giving two distinct variables? Alan Mackenzie
2013-03-12 19:09 ` Achim Gratz
2013-03-14 14:31   ` Alan Mackenzie
2013-03-14 15:10     ` Thierry Volpiatto
2013-03-14 15:54       ` Andreas Schwab
2013-03-14 16:36     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-03-14 16:52       ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]

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