> 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.
One case I know was consciously make to work is (defvar :foo :foo) so that
packages using :foo could be kept backward compatible with Emacs-19
where :foo is a normal variable because keywords don't exist.
Whether we should still cater to such thing is another question.
Stefan
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