Re: default-FOO variables

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> What does this entry in NEWS:
>    ** All the default-FOO variables that hold the default value of the FOO
>    variable, are now declared obsolete.

> mean for variable declaration in C such as this:

>      DEFVAR_LISP_NOPRO ("default-enable-multibyte-characters",
> 			&buffer_defaults.enable_multibyte_characters,
> 			doc: /* *Default value of `enable-multibyte-characters' for buffers not overriding it.
>    This is the same as (default-value 'enable-multibyte-characters).  */);

> Do we need to avoid such declarations?

Yes, the aim is to get rid of them at some point.

> If so, how to do the equivalent of that for buffer-local variables
> defined in C?

I don't understand, why you'd need something equivalent.
Can you give us some details?


        Stefan