GNU bug report logs - #11904
24.1.50; error byte compiling (defvar :foo ':foo), regression from 23.4

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 11904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>
Cc: 11904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11904: 24.1.50;
	error byte compiling (defvar :foo ':foo), regression from 23.4
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:43:18 -0400

> (defvar :foo ':foo)

I'm curious: where did you find such code?
Such code used to be added "implicitly" back in Emacs-19 days because
Emacs-19 did not have keywords.  Some packages kept such code a bit
longer in the hope that the resulting code would still work under
Emacs-19, but nowadays this seems very outdated.


        Stefan
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