From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Does defvar-local has same effect as make-variable-buffer-local?
Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 15:52:48 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8U5Sme22rNMVJdDQ2q__HwPzwTn28zrPW4ET6w5u7X2CA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YKDTHrml2Fsgy9aN@protected.localdomain>
On Sun, 16 May 2021 at 15:32, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
> > Why not look at the source? Then you could be absolutely sure.
>
> Because I read the other sources (not source of definition) I get
> confused, example in simple.el:
>
> (defvar minibuffer-history-isearch-message-overlay)
> (make-variable-buffer-local 'minibuffer-history-isearch-message-overlay)
>
> Then I ask myself why did not author straight write like:
>
> (defvar-local minibuffer-history-isearch-message-overlay)
>
> I ask myself why that, what is the difference... then I need
> assistance in clarification.
Why not look at the history? ;)
$ git blame subr.el
shows that defvar-local was introduced on May 4, 2012. On the other hand,
$ git blame simple.el
shows minibuffer-history-isearch-message-overlay was added July 23,
2007. Its author could not have used defvar-local at the time, because
it had not yet been invented.
This leaves us with the question “why didn’t the author of
defvar-local immediately convert all code to use it”, to which a
possible answer is “because he wasn’t sure it makes a big difference”.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-16 8:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-15 20:14 Does defvar-local has same effect as make-variable-buffer-local? Jean Louis
2021-05-15 20:49 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-05-15 21:01 ` Drew Adams
2021-05-15 21:41 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-15 22:16 ` Drew Adams
2021-05-15 22:21 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-16 4:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-16 8:09 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-16 8:52 ` Yuri Khan [this message]
2021-05-16 16:53 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-16 8:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-16 11:26 ` Jean Louis
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