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Re: e and pi
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Helmut Eller |
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Re: e and pi |
Date: |
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:27:30 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
* Stefan Monnier [2010-09-16 13:25] writes:
> In their case, the solution is to rename them to `float-e' and
> `float-pi', but this introduces a backward incompatibility.
> I figure we could define-obsolete-variable-alias (which leaves the
> problem of `e' and `pi' being dynamically scoped, but hopefully only
> for a few versions until we remove the obsolete name), but this means
> that every code that does (let ((e <foo>)) ...) would now get a stupid
> warning about using an obsolete variable `e'.
>
> So I intend to do the following:
> - in Emacs-23.3, define `e', `float-e', `pi', and `float-pi' and declare
> `e' and `pi' obsolete, but without a make-obsolete-variable
> (i.e. only in NEWS and in docstrings).
> - in Emacs-24 keep float-e and float-pi but get rid of `e' and `pi'.
>
> Can anyone think of a better solution?
Lexically scoped constants. I mean
(defconstant e ...)
could declare that e is lexically scoped (but has a global binding).
So (let ((e <foo>)) e) would be legal, but it binds a lexical local
variable and not the dynamic variable. Functions called in the dynamic
scope would not "see" the lexical binding and would use the global
A possible problem are macros that assume that e is a true constant and
never rebound. That seems rare for e but would be a real problem for t.
Helmut