Re: Why 'file' local variable is obsolete?

[Stefan Monnier]

> (defun file-processor (filename)
>   (let ((file (expand-file-name filename)))
>     (message "Processing a file...")))

> Compiling the file gives warning:
> In file-processor:
> aoeu.el:2:10:Warning: `file' is an obsolete variable (as of 25.1); use 'file
>     instead

I put the above three lines of code into ~/tmp/foo.el, then did

   emacs -Q ~/tmp/foo.el
   M-x byte-compile RET RET

but did not see this warning about `file' being obsolete.

Please make it a bug report where you provide all details necessary to
try and reproduce your problem.


        Stefan