From: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <basil@contovou.net>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Adding a DECLARE spec equivalent to DECLARE-FUNCTION
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:09:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <524535f0-19f3-42ec-a25b-fafad81d3ce8@alphapapa.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87frwqqypj.fsf@epfl.ch>
Hi Basil,
Thanks for your thoughtful reply.
On 3/16/24 05:04, Basil L. Contovounesios wrote:
> My vote is for instead teaching the compiler to treat declare-function
> more like it treats defvar, in that the effect of declare-function
> should be made local to the current lexical scope. [It is already
> possible to write this way, and I've been known to, but sadly the effect
> is global.] This wish has been raised and agreed on here (at least in
> passing) before.
>
> This would reap all the benefits of points 1-4, as well as an additional
> one: that declare-function is lexically closer to the implementation
> through which the need for the declaration arises. I think a
> declaration at the top of a function is more likely to be forgotten and
> become stale as the implementation changes.
You raise some good points. I would be happy with that as well.
--Adam
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-03 19:17 Adding a DECLARE spec equivalent to DECLARE-FUNCTION Adam Porter
2024-03-16 10:04 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2024-03-17 4:09 ` Adam Porter [this message]
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