Re: defvar'ing constants

[Jay Belanger]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> Jay Belanger <address@hidden> writes:
...
>> If a constant is defined in one file but used in a second, is there
>> then a way of quieting the compiler when the second file is
>> compiled?
>
> (defconst CONSTANT)
>
> would appear to be a nice form for doing that.  It is not valid right
> now.

That would be nice.
A while back, there was a discussion along the lines of doing
something similar for functions,
(defun foo)
to keep the compiler happy.  I recall the idea (not mine) meeting
approval.  Perhaps it's still planned for a future release?

Jay