[slime-devel] Re: * load-pathname*, *load-truename*

[Rahul Jain]

Helmut Eller <e9626484 at stud3.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

> We should shadow as few variables as possible, especially in important
> commands like eval-defun and eval-last-expression.  I think
> *load-{true,path}name* are used relatively rarely and only in code
> that is supposed to be executed at load time.  Binding these variables
> in eval commands doesn't feel right to me.  Setting
> *compile-file-pathname* even more so.  The inconvenience of using
> slime-load-file in these situations is IMO justified.

The important question is "When would binding these variables *harm*
anyone?".

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Rahul Jain
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