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Re: The purpose of makunbound
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: The purpose of makunbound |
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Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:56:52 -0500 |
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> So, I propose a global search/replace in the source code of
> ⌜Qunbound⌝ to ⌜Qvoid⌝. Maybe you'll think that in some places, it
> really makes more sense to interpret it as «unbound», not
> «void». However, that would be inconsistent, if makunbound is
> allowed to function on non-global (i.e. let-bound or buffer-local)
> variables.
I don't see an inconsistency. I think the term "void" is fine with
the existing behavior.
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