Re: compiler warnings for "unused" method specializers

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden> writes:

> (cl-defmethod foo ((thing my-object) (_style (eql disco)))
>   (message "%s points at the ceiling" thing))
>
> There might be better solutions for this stupid example, but I have many
> cases where it's pretty much necessary to specialize on a parameter that
> isn't actually used.

For what it's worth, Lispworks does not complain about unused eql
parameters in defmethods.  It would make sense if Emacs didn't, either.

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