Re: Any disadvantages of using put/get instead of defvar?

[Stefan Monnier]

> You could also define the variable inside the function, i.e., that's a
> buffer-local counter:
>   (defun counter ()
>     (defvar counter-var 1)
>     (setq-local counter-var (1+ counter-var)))

I'd recommend against it.  Its semantics is pretty much the same as

   (defun counter ()
     (defvar counter-var 1)
     (setq-local counter-var (1+ counter-var)))

except that `counter-var' will only be defined after the first call to
`counter'.

And no, it's not buffer-local.


        Stefan