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defvaralias after defvar should be warned in runtime

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 5950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, IRIE Shinsuke <irieshinsuke <at> yahoo.co.jp>
Subject: bug#5950: defvaralias after defvar should be warned in runtime
Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 19:54:34 -0400

>> The bootstrap warnings were about cl-custom-print-functions,
>> mail-dont-reply-to-names,

Oh, it's because the definition gets into loaddefs.el, but the alias
doesn't.

>> and several flymake-proc-* variables all of
>> which correctly have the alias before the definition.

Not 100% sure about the flymake ones, but I guess it's some double
loading during bootstrap.


Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> I'd make it just a `message` rather than a `display-warning`.

Hmm, I think it's too easy to overlook that, I prefer the in-your-face
nature of display-warning.

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