GNU bug report logs - #40088
27.0.90; Symbol’s value as variable is void: debugger-outer-match-data

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Message #26 received at 40088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>, 40088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: Re: bug#40088: 27.0.90;
 Symbol?s value as variable is void: debugger-outer-match-data
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:44:14 -0400

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> I don't like the (defvar var) syntax we have now.  It's different than
>> the (defvar var value) syntax in more than one way, and it's too
>> easily overseeable that it doesn't make a variable special.
>
> FWIW, I agree with this.

Can you guys take this to emacs-devel please?  It's not really relevant
to this bug.

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