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: make-variable-buffer-local change Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:50:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200909251609.n8PG97YN020225@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253911184 4543 80.91.229.12 (25 Sep 2009 20:39:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:39:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 25 22:39:37 2009 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 1MrHZm-0006KW-8Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:39:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37231 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MrHZl-0006gP-Nh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:39:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MrGob-0000lp-BF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:50:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MrGoW-0000kx-E6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:50:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39346 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MrGoV-0000ks-Vo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:50:44 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:43317) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MrGoV-0005Zb-Iy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:50:43 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n8PJoetr007511; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:50:40 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5936E3A227; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:50:40 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <200909251609.n8PG97YN020225@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:09:07 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3371=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:115630 Archived-At: > The docstring for make-variable-buffer-local says: > In most cases it is better to use `make-local-variable', > which makes a variable local in just one buffer. But for a variable whose global value should never be changed, make-variable-buffer-local is preferable. Stefan