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describe-function should say that defconst variables are constant

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Message #35 received at 58513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>, 58513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58513: describe-function should say that defconst variables
 are constant
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 12:33:29 +0000

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> The byte-compiler already does warn about it, but only if the assignment
> is in the same file as the `defconst`.

I don't get any warnings with this recipe:

    echo "(defconst foo-bar t) (setq foo-bar nil)" > /tmp/foo.el
    emacs -Q -batch -eval '(byte-compile-file "/tmp/foo.el")'

Am I missing something?

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