Re: Possible defvar bug

[Didier Verna]

Jambunathan K <address@hidden> wrote:

> I am certain I don't understand what these paragraphs mean,
> particularly the second one.
> lands.

> ,----  C-h f
> | If SYMBOL has a local binding, then this form affects the local
> | binding.  This is usually not what you want.  Thus, if you need to
> | load a file defining variables, with this form or with `defconst' or
> | `defcustom', you should always load that file _outside_ any bindings
> | for these variables.  (`defconst' and `defcustom' behave similarly in
> | this respect.)
> `----

  This means that:

ELISP> (let ((foo 3))
         (defvar foo 1)
         (print foo))
3
ELISP> foo
*** Eval error ***  Symbol's value as variable is void: foo
ELISP> 


And, no, this is almost never what you want :-) Just like Tassilo
noticed by accident.

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