Re: byte-optimize-set causes spurious byte compiler warnings

[Jesper Harder]

"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs/address@hidden> writes:

>> I know that defvar silences the warning.  But what's the point?  It
>> serves no other useful purpose than pacifying the byte compiler.
>
> If the code correctly puts defvars where needed, then the compiler
> can use lexical scoping for non-defvarred variables

Oh, I didn't know that there was work going on to make lexical scope the
default for elisp ... that's nice.