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On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:53:56 -0400 (EDT) David Forrest wrote:

David> On 9 Sep 2002, Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com> wrote:

>> >>>>> "David" == David Forrest <drf5n@mug.sys.virginia.edu> writes:

>> 
>> >   (if (local-variable-p 'is-journal)
>> 
>> What for exactly ?  `local-variable-p' should basically never be used,
>> except for very unusual circumstances.

David> I was looking for a function like 'defined' and am probably
David> missing something very basic. (when 'is-journal) is always true
David> and stamps everything, while (when is-journal) stamps journal
David> files, but faults with "Symbol's value as variable is void:
David> is-journal"

What's about boundp or bound-and-true-p?

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