GNU bug report logs - #38179
26.1; clone-buffer globally unsets locally void variable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Braun Gábor <braungb88 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:17:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 38179 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Braun Gábor <braungb88 <at> gmail.com>, 38179 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38179: 26.1; clone-buffer globally unsets locally void
 variable
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 06:45:58 +0100

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> Neither the info documentation nor the docstring of makunbound say how 
>> makunbound behaves for buffer-local variables, so my assumption was that 
>> like other Lisp forms it acts on the buffer-local value of local 
>> variables.
>
> Yeah, I think the current behaviour is a bit strange, but changing it is
> probably too risky with regards to backwards compatibility.
>
> So I think your patch is correct.

OK; I've now applied the patch to Emacs 27.

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