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: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:10:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: <47F68BB5.8070906@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207343452 30445 80.91.229.12 (4 Apr 2008 21:10:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:10:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Sam Steingold Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 04 23:11:21 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 1JhtBv-0001XQ-Hp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:11:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JhtBI-0002H1-Od for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:10:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JhtBE-0002Ec-Mf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:10:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JhtBB-0002Ab-1A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:10:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JhtBA-0002AQ-Mc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:10:32 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182] helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JhtB5-0005Al-NA; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:10:27 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqoCAEI29kfO+J/WdGdsb2JhbACBXI9zASqaDA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,606,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="17845634" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 04 Apr 2008 17:10:26 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.159.214]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id KZO93926; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:10:26 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A6483872B; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:10:26 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <47F68BB5.8070906@gnu.org> (Sam Steingold's message of "Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:12:37 -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:94378 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? Stefan