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| From: | Stefan Monnier |
| Subject: | Re: /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r108127: New function set-temporary-overlay-map and macros (defvar|setq)-local. |
| Date: | Fri, 04 May 2012 23:37:54 -0400 |
| User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
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>> +** New macros `setq-local' and `defvar-local'.
> I think setq-local is a bad name jarring with setq and setq-default.
Why "jarring"? I actually used setq-local, specifically because it is
similar to setq-default.
> How about implement it as a function like this?
> (defun set-local (symbol newval)
> "Set buffer-local value of SYMBOL to NEWVAL."
> (set (make-local-variable symbol) newval))
I've never seen this construction used with anything but a static
variable, so I don't think the difference matters much,
Stefan
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