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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Emacs Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bring lisp-eval-defun in line with eval-defun
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:18:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv1w5hqxsf.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47FA45B3.3050007@gnu.org> (Sam Steingold's message of "Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:02:59 -0400")

> |> eval-defun on defvar resets the variable (as if the evaluated form were
> |> defconst).
> |> lisp-eval-defun does not.
> |> any objection to changing lisp-eval-defun to be in line with eval-defun,
> |> i.e., checking that the form is a defvar and resetting the variable?
> |
> | Fine by me, but ... where's the patch?

> in the CVS.
> do you think this change deserves a NEWS entry?

I don't use lisp-mode, so I don't know how important that is, but if
that change had been made to elisp-mode, I'd want to see it in
etc/NEWS, yes.


        Stefan




      reply	other threads:[~2008-04-07 19:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-04 20:12 bring lisp-eval-defun in line with eval-defun Sam Steingold
2008-04-04 21:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-07 16:02   ` Sam Steingold
2008-04-07 19:18     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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