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

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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 26624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: bug#26624: 26.0.50; Generalized variable `buffer-local-value'
 does't restore local flag
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 09:46:22 +0300

> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:55:41 +0000
> Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 26624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  I agree. Removing some feature without due warning is not something
>  we should do, except in very rare cases (which this one isn't).
> 
> I fully agree, but I don't know how to correctly deprecate a generalized variable. Should I add code to the byte
> compiler to deal with this case explicitly? 

If no other idea comes up, yes, I think so.
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