GNU bug report logs - #36664
27.0.50; definition of string-trim causes warning

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:19:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 36664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36664: 27.0.50; definition of string-trim causes warning
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:26:29 -0400

Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de> writes:

>>>> When byte-compiling a file with def of trim-string inside, get a
>>>> warning: Lexical argument shadows the dynamic variable
>>>>      string

> Hmm, also can't reproduce with emacs -Q, only from my config - see
> attachment.
>
> Beside of this IMO the warning is reasonable - commonly used symbols
> should not appear as plain argument names.

I think the bug is somewhere in your config, there is something like

    (defvar string "foo")

Which makes 'string' into a global special variable.
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