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Re: How does one undo (even temporarily) an defvaralias, giving two dist
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: How does one undo (even temporarily) an defvaralias, giving two distinct variables? |
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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:31:01 +0000 |
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Hi, Achim.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 08:09:51PM +0100, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie writes:
> > How does one undo defvaralias and friends?
> If nothing else works, makunbound should get rid of those symbols so you
> can redefine them.
makunbound sets the target of the alias unbound, but leaves the alias in
place.
I don't think it's possible to unalias a symbol.
The workaround I've come up with is (defvaralias face (gensym)), which
although it leaves `face' as an alias, at least it points to a different
target.
> Regards,
> Achim.
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).