Subject: Re: bug#13814: 24.3.50; Dynamic variables shadowing prevent defvar

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:15:20 -0500

Yes, it's a long-standing problem. Eg

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-07/msg00589.html