Re: Crash during access_keymap

[Stefan Monnier]

>     (defconst encoded-kbd-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap)
>       "Keymap for Encoded-kbd minor mode.")

>     The keymap is allocated in the pure storage if this file is preloaded,
>     because it is defined by `defconst' (should be `defvar'?).

> That is definitely a bug.  Could you change that to a defvar?

Why should it be a defvar?  Is there a (setq encoded-kbd-mode-map
...) somewhere?

If someone turns the defconst into a defvar, please please please add
a comment explaining that defvar is used because during preloading
defconst presumes that the value can be put in pure space.


        Stefan