Re: bytecomp.el: free variable warnings

[Stefan Monnier]

> |In jidanni-header-author:
> |.emacs:249:11:Warning: reference to free variable `header-prefix-string'
> |.emacs:282:29:Warning: assignment to free variable `comint-input-autoexpand'

> However the first error is in jidanni-header-author, but the second
> isn't, so bytecomp.el should insert a blank between them.

> Also it should say how to fix the problem. Or at least give a clue.

Yup, the best advice to fix the problem is "don't byte-compile .emacs".

While I do believe it'd be good to pass the .emacs file(s) through the
byte-compiler's front-end (in order to get warnings), I'm fully aware of the
fact that it'd need some further adjustments to make the warnings
more useful.

E.g. both of those warnings should simply not be there, most likely.


        Stefan