Re: use of (defvar <foo>)

[Dave Love]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> Use plain defvar.  That has been the standard way to quiet
> a compiler warning since the beginning.

In the beginning the load-history features didn't exist, so that
didn't cause any trouble.  In Emacs 21 this use of eval-when-compile
was documented after discussion about defvar affecting load-history,
with a policy decision from either you or gerd.  The policy may have
changed, but that's irrelevant for people working with the available
Emacs.