Re: compiler warnings for "unused" method specializers

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> So maybe it's not worth adding extra compiler code to handle method
>>> specializers, but it would be worth allowing multiple _s? I do like the
>>> use of _ to say "this variable intentionally and permanently ignored".
>> How about supporting CL-style ignore declarations?
>> (defun foo (x) (declare (ignore x)) 1)
>
> You can already do
>
>     (defun foo (x) (ignore x) 1)

If I was willing to do all that typing, I wouldn't have complained about
having to prefix all my variable names with an underscore in the first
place. :)