bug#18059: 24.3.92; defvar and special variables

[Noam Postavsky]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> Seriously though, I honestly can't see much use for a non-toplevel
>> defvar. Can you point to any examples?
>
> Seriously?
>
> (when (> emacs-major-version 24)
>   (defvar foo 42 "The answer."))
>
> (when (fboundp 'fooness)
>   (let ((the_answer  (fooness)))
>     (defvar foo the_answer "The answer.")))

I meant real life examples.