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Re: lread.c's `values' variable
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Kim F. Storm |
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Re: lread.c's `values' variable |
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03 Nov 2002 02:19:06 +0100 |
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Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> Does anybody know what is the `values' variable for (defined in lread.c) ?
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> See lisp-mode.el.
Yes, it uses (car values).
However, that doesn't explain why `values' needs to be a list of all
expressions "which were read, evaluated and printed". Since it grows
without ever being truncated, it is a memory leak IMO.
AFAICS, a simple `last-value' variable would do just fine as a
replacement.
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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk