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Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a defvar.

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Message #41 received at 59057 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, 59057 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59057: Emacs 29. Byte compiler sometimes forgets about a
 defvar.
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 22:12:07 +0100

> I don't see any concrete benefit.  It's only a problem of documentation
> and/or teaching programmers.  If we could go back to 1984 maybe it would
> be worth it to make a different decision, but the cost of the change
> doesn't seem worth the very minor (and hypothetical) benefit.

So should this bug report be closed?

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