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28.1; Defining as dynamic an already lexical var

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From: Hendrik Tews <hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: 55914 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55914: 28.1; Defining as dynamic an already lexical var
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:54:52 +0200

Hi,

thanks for your quick answer.

> Which indicates a bug to be fixed, no?

Well, not as long as the documentation clear states that in this
case the dynamic value is set.

> If the variable is *supposed* to be dynamic (everywhere), then
> lexical libraries which refer to it must declare (defvar FOO) to
> mark it as a dynamic variable, if it's possible that the proper
> definition may not yet have been loaded.

Is this statement in the manual somewhere? If not, would you mind
adding it?

Best regards,

Hendrik Tews

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