Re: e and pi

[Chong Yidong]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> So I intend to do the following:
> - in Emacs-23.3, define `e', `float-e', `pi', and `float-pi' and declare
>   `e' and `pi' obsolete, but without a make-obsolete-variable
>   (i.e. only in NEWS and in docstrings).
> - in Emacs-24 keep float-e and float-pi but get rid of `e' and `pi'.
>
> Can anyone think of a better solution?

I don't like the idea of `float-e' and `float-pi'.

What is the problem with dynamically scoping `e' and `pi'?  If it's only
the compiler warning, we can give the compiler a whitelist of variables
not to complain about.