From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bring lisp-eval-defun in line with eval-defun Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:18:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: <47F68BB5.8070906@gnu.org> <47FA45B3.3050007@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207596087 2451 80.91.229.12 (7 Apr 2008 19:21:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:21:27 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 07 21:22:00 2008 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 1JiwuX-0004Q9-Fd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:21:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jiwtt-0007tT-UV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:21:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jiwrm-0006af-VQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:18:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jiwrl-0006Zt-Hi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:18:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jiwrl-0006Zn-5L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:18:53 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jiwrl-0006o9-4j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:18:53 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjoFAPoQ+kdMCpOw/2dsb2JhbACBXKlG X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,618,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="18085767" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 07 Apr 2008 15:18:52 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.147.176]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id NXZ50852; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:18:52 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 48E4C8568; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:18:52 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <47FA45B3.3050007@gnu.org> (Sam Steingold's message of "Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:02:59 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:94613 Archived-At: > |> 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