GNU bug report logs - #58786
29.0.50; Error with Info-minibuf-history not declared

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From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 58786 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [External] : bug#58786: 29.0.50; Error with
 Info-minibuf-history not declared
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 20:21:13 +0000

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Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> close 58786 29.1
> thanks
>
> Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
>>
>>> My code includes just a vacuous defvar, to
>>> declare the var but not initialize it to nil.
>>>
>>>   (defvar Info-minibuf-history)
>>
>> You should not have to do this, this defvar should be in info.el on top
>> of file ideally.  Initialized to nil or not I don't know, but it should
>> be declared anyway.
>> I personally initialize these history vars to nil in all my packages.
>
> I've now declared it (commit 68548af68a), and I'm closing this bug.

Thanks.

-- 
Thierry

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