From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Generality of defvar Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 23:01:55 +0000 Message-ID: <87r127h40s.fsf@posteo.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36605"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: carlmarcos@tutanota.com To: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 27 01:02:58 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oGTZp-0009HG-9r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:02:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56536 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oGTZo-0007M9-3g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:02:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59384) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oGTYt-0007JU-DB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:02:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:36487) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oGTYr-0004Io-Jg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:01:58 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45157240026 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:01:56 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1658876516; bh=uNuoBB/dHIWTfprG7Ct+Mk9TA5E5jJf+AeuBMp5cSfc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:From; b=iBMuoUSohPDD/JYSYrUbub5mPgfnQFcN9zwtdO3RSUudzFgUv+dcgVBRCCpZaaRZf 7s+IysqcfDepvYjLXN9Rzb3VHc5egTV1UD6A2zhlB19GUIDG0eDIAukgHu78M61PVK d/C16lDmBBgbLNbtq6kn7rdknKpDvS18ArolteJMMYE5d1gfgAWPVVWdE+I5crZDC6 kbaN7wbesfS4AVxxegGFRPSyaV+9iBbkojk3rfBBQmHv3tG6Zgd/7x5IZJLyV+mwJb 5Dy9S+7xwqzcP7BKz83peLEQRR/ipqrQw12EeqZ+RDA768fMzi03XB9fowhomsdm7v XaZThI0dE2ERg== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4LssqR6VQLz6tpb; Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:01:55 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (carlmarcos's message of "Tue, 26 Jul 2022 22:35:36 +0200 (CEST)") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138629 Archived-At: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor writes: > Have been looking into defvar and noticed the generality of its use > > (defvar aname t) > (defvar bname nil) > (defvar cname 1) > (defvar dname "text") > > Then I can do > > (when aname (setq debug-on-error t)) > (when bname (setq debug-on-error nil)) > > Is this correct? You can /do/ it, but what do you /want/ to archive?