GNU bug report logs - #13814
24.3.50; Dynamic variables shadowing prevent defvar

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jorgen Schaefer <forcer <at> forcix.cx>

Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:37:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, moreinfo

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 13814 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 13814 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jorgen Schaefer <forcer <at> forcix.cx>
Subject: Re: bug#13814: 24.3.50; Dynamic variables shadowing prevent defvar
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:00:37 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> FWIW, this bug was presumably fixed with:
>
>     commit a104f656c8217b027866d32e8d7bf024a671e3cc
>     Author: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
>     Date:   Fri Aug 2 17:16:33 2013 -0400
>
> So we should probably close it.

Yup; closing it now.

> Yes, this is a new feature: when we get to the `defvar` the problem is
> not just that we need to "punch through" and define the toplevel/dynamic
> value of `bug-variable` but also that the `let` would need to be
> retroactively changed to be dynamic, which would in general require
> time-travel, hence the error.

That's being defeatist -- surely theory implies that time travel should
be available any day now...

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