From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: default-FOO variables Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:00:46 +0200 Message-ID: <83ljjqnj81.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254744359 9444 80.91.229.12 (5 Oct 2009 12:05:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:05:59 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 05 14:05:55 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MumJx-0001yb-7J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:05:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59965 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MumJx-0003RA-DI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:05:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MumHG-0001nN-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:02:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MumHD-0001kP-1G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:02:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34306 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MumHC-0001jf-68 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:02:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:53024) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MumHB-0003YY-EY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:02:49 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout2.012.net.il by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KR100900IO3HV00@i_mtaout2.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:02:47 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.44.55]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KR100233ISN8BE0@i_mtaout2.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:02:47 +0200 (IST) X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 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: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115911 Archived-At: What does this entry in NEWS: ** All the default-FOO variables that hold the default value of the FOO variable, are now declared obsolete. mean for variable declaration in C such as this: DEFVAR_LISP_NOPRO ("default-enable-multibyte-characters", &buffer_defaults.enable_multibyte_characters, doc: /* *Default value of `enable-multibyte-characters' for buffers not overriding it. This is the same as (default-value 'enable-multibyte-characters). */); Do we need to avoid such declarations? If so, how to do the equivalent of that for buffer-local variables defined in C?