Re: defvar'ing constants

[David Kastrup]

Jay Belanger <address@hidden> writes:

> "Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>     For consistency:
>>
>>       (defvar CONSTANT)               ; should work
>>       (defvar CONSTANT ITS-VALUE)     ; should work
>>       (defvar CONSTANT OTHER-VALUE)   ; should fail
>>
>> I think it is more consistent to make them all errors.
>> defvar should not be used on these symbols.
>
> If a constant is defined in one file but used in a second, is there
> then a way of quieting the compiler when the second file is
> compiled?

(defconst CONSTANT)

would appear to be a nice form for doing that.  It is not valid right
now.

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