bug#18059: 24.3.92; defvar and special variables

[Noam Postavsky]

Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:15 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> Not to mention lots of vacuous defvars to quiet the byte-compiler:
>>
>> (unless (> emacs-major-version 22)
>>   (defvar display-buffer-reuse-frames))
>
> So here, what is the use of putting it below the toplevel? Why don't
> you just write
>
> (defvar display-buffer-reuse-frames) ; For Emacs 22 and earlier.

Hey Drew, I am actually interested in your answer to this question,
sorry if it came across as rhetorical.