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Re: add info about safe-local-variable to describe-variable


From: Luc Teirlinck
Subject: Re: add info about safe-local-variable to describe-variable
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 11:48:09 -0500 (CDT)

Reiner Steib wrote:

   -use @code{booleanp} as the property value.
   +use @code{booleanp} as the property value.  Lambda expressions should
   +be quoted so that @code{describe-variable} can display the predicate.

This is ambiguous.

What is meant by "quoting" a lambda expression '(lambda ... ) or
#'(lambda ... )?  If you use '(lambda ... ) the expression does not get
compiled, which can be a nuisance if the lambda does any real work.
If you use #'(lambda ... ) then `C-h v' still displays byte code,
so this form of quoting is useless for the stated purpose.

I personally still believe that the best thing to do would just be to
simply remove this annoying safe-local-variable clutter from the `C-h v'
output entirely.

Sincerely,

Luc.





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