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26.1; Unbound defvar across compilation units

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From: Luís Oliveira <luismbo <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Subject: 26.1; Unbound defvar across compilation units
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:02:55 +0000

Hello,

I think I've come across a bug.

    $ cat f1.el
    ;;; f1.el ---                                        -*-
lexical-binding: t; -*-
    ;;; Lexical binding is set to T, but the bug happens regardless.

    (defvar my-special)

    (provide 'f1)


    $ cat f2.el
    ;;; f2.el ---                                        -*-
lexical-binding: t; -*-

    (require 'f1)

    (defun f2-foo ()
      (let ((my-special 123))
        (f2-bar)))

    (defun f2-bar ()
      my-special)

    (print (f2-bar))



    $ emacs -Q -L . -f batch-byte-compile f2.el

    In toplevel form:
    f2.el:5:1:Warning: Unused lexical variable `my-special'

    In f2-bar:
    f2.el:10:3:Warning: reference to free variable `my-special'


Also:

    $ emacs -Q -L . -batch -l f2.el
    Symbol's value as variable is void: my-special


Changing f1.el's defvar to have an initial value makes the problem go
away, but this behaviour was unexpected to me. Moving defvar inside
f2.el also fixes it.

Cheers,
Luís

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