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

[Nicolas Richard]

>> 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)))

Did you mean this instead ?

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


-- 
Nico.