GNU bug report logs - #21466
[PATCH] Avoid defining (temporarily) vars and functions

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Packages: emacs, cc-mode;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 03:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch, wontfix

Found in version 25.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, 21466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21466: [PATCH] Avoid defining (temporarily) vars and functions
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 13:45:21 +0200

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

> CC-mode currently defines various non-CC-mode variables and functions
> with dummy values, as a way to avoid byte-compiler warnings when using
> those external vars/functions.
>
> Since this is dangerous business, CC-mode has to be extra careful to
> undo such settings when they're not needed any more.

This was five years ago, but skimming the code, it seems like it's
generally applicable still?

Alan, do you have any comments on this patch?

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