GNU bug report logs - #54399
27.2; Problems with (let ((custom-variable ...)) (autoload-function ...))

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 27.2

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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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 54399 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54399: 27.2; Problems with (let ((custom-variable ...)) (autoload-function ...))
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:55:36 -0400

> I know, but the docstring for default-boundp in Emacs 29 says:
>
> "A variable may have a buffer-local or a ‘let’-bound local value.  This
> function says whether the variable has a non-void value outside of the
> current context"
>
> So that docstring at least should be corrected, and either restore the
> docstring in Emacs 27, that does not mention let bindings at all, or
> clarify the distinction in that docstring an also in the docstrings for
> `default-value' and `set-default'

Indeed a patch which fixes these confusions would be great,


        Stefan
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