Re: [External] : Re: Generality of defvar

[Emanuel Berg]

Drew Adams wrote:

>>>>> Yes, but you can press C-M-x on a (defvar var-name
>>>>> 'var-value) and it will get re-set to the new value even
>>>>> if the variable is already defined.
>>>>
>>>> So you can! I just tested and you are right. Did they
>>>> change that recently?
>>>
>>> 80s? 70s?
>> 
>> Haha :)
>> 
>> Nevermind then.
>
> Sorry, I guess that might have sounded a bit snarky.

No, I like the old-school parts of me. The parts of me that
I consider old-school ...

> Dunno when this behavior was defined for Elisp `defvar' (and
> some others), but it's been there as long as I can remember,
> which probably goes back to Emacs 18, in the early 80s.

Yeah, must have picked that up from some old manual.


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