GNU bug report logs - #22066
24.5; documentation for "values" is not accurate

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Shiyao Ma <i <at> introo.me>

Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 08:42:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #18 received at 22066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Shiyao Ma <i <at> introo.me>, 22066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22066: 24.5; documentation for "values" is not accurate
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:00:46 -0500

FWIW, I think this `values` thingy should die.

It's just a memory leak plus one of the very few special-case variables
that are globally bound yet shouldn't be considered
a `special-variable-p` (The only other such cases I can remember are
`pi` (obsoleted by float-pi in 23.3) and `argv` and `argi` (both of
which should also be made obsolete, tho haven't yet either)).

IOW if we want to keep this feature, we should add some code to trim the
list and we should rename it so it doesn't need a special treatment.


        Stefan
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