Re: Avoiding 'reference to free variable' warnings whilesplittingelisp source files

[Stefan Monnier]

> The node (elisp) `Defining Variables' starts by saying what Emacs
> means by a "variable definition": it "announces your intention to use
> a symbol as a global variable."  That is probably pretty close to what
> you mean by "declaring".  It does not mention value initialization
> (which is optional).

Hmm... indeed.  That's too bad: it's really a misuse of the concept of
"definition": not only is it different from most other programming
language's use of "definition" and "declaration" but it's also different
from the everyday use of "definition".


        Stefan