GNU bug report logs - #26624
26.0.50; Generalized variable `buffer-local-value' does't restore local flag

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 26624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 26624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26624: 26.0.50;
 Generalized variable `buffer-local-value' does't restore local flag
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 13:43:20 -0400

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> schrieb am So., 24.
> Sep. 2017 um 17:44 Uhr:
>
>     Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>    
>     > * lisp/emacs-lisp/gv.el (buffer-local-value): Remove.
>    
>     Is it possible to just give an obsolete warning first?
>
>
> I don't think it's possible in the sense of `make-obsolete' because
> the expander is not a named function.
> It would be possible to use `display-warning' within the body of the
> setter, but that would only annoy users.
> If necessary, we might add additional code to the `setf' macro to
> warn about this form in particular during byte compilation.

IMO, a compilation warning would be appropriate.
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