bug#18059: 24.3.92; defvar and special variables

[Noam Postavsky]

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 8:44 PM, Michael Heerdegen
<michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
> Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> This let-block thing feels more like a bug to me, so I'm inclined to
>> leave it out of the manual.
>
> Maybe somebody could clarify the rationale behind the behavior?
>
> It would not be good to leave this undocumented - it is something people
> actually do.

Can I ask them to stop? ;)

Seriously though, I honestly can't see much use for a non-toplevel
defvar. Can you point to any examples?