Re: e and pi

[Deniz Dogan]

2010/9/17 Chong Yidong <address@hidden>:
> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> So I intend to do the following:
>> - in Emacs-23.3, define `e', `float-e', `pi', and `float-pi' and declare
>>   `e' and `pi' obsolete, but without a make-obsolete-variable
>>   (i.e. only in NEWS and in docstrings).
>> - in Emacs-24 keep float-e and float-pi but get rid of `e' and `pi'.
>>
>> Can anyone think of a better solution?
>
> I don't like the idea of `float-e' and `float-pi'.
>
> What is the problem with dynamically scoping `e' and `pi'?  If it's only
> the compiler warning, we can give the compiler a whitelist of variables
> not to complain about.
>

Possibly as a temporary solution, but if one heads down that road and
finds out it will not work in the long run, it could be messy to "fix"
later.

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Deniz Dogan