Re: frame-local variables weirdness

[Stefan Monnier]

>     Could you expand on what you think makes it cleaner?
> The specifier approach requires new functions just to look at or
> set the value in the current binding.

You mean you have to use `specifier-set' and `specifier-value' instead of
`set' and `symbol-value'?  Well, yes.  Doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

> It also has the big limitation that all references to the value must be
> specially written to access a specifier.

Right, just like right now they're specifically written to access a variable.

> For these reasons I have decided not to go that way.

Too bad,


        Stefan