Re: define-obsolete-variable-alias problem

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Given this sequence:
>> 
>> (progn
>> (setq foo 1)
>> (define-obsolete-variable-alias 'foo 'bar)
>> (defvar bar 2))
>> 
>> I'd have expected the end result to be bar = foo = 1.
>> However, the actual result is bar = foo = 2.

> Isn't this really a problem with defvaralias?

Yes.

> Perhaps we could test there if new-alias is bound and if so assign the
> value to base-variable.

Indeed except if base-variable already exist, we can't do that.


        Stefan