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Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r106519: Rename locals to avoid s


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r106519: Rename locals to avoid shadowing.
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:34:45 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux)

>> I specifically refused to install this patch because of the ugliness of
>> this "inner_gcpro" stuff.
> Ah, OK, I undid that change.  I find the shadowing confusing, but
> confusion (like ugliness) is in the eye of the beholder.

This kind of shadowing is not necessarily something to encourage,
indeed, but it's not something that's fundamentally problematic either
(e.g. I still haven't seen a bug avoided by warnings about such
shadowing).

> I'd also like to install the following, so that we're consistent about
> avoiding the inner_gcpro stuff everywhere in Emacs.

OK, go ahead, thank you,


        Stefan



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