Re: [Sbcl-devel] Question about style warning

[Robert G. <rpg...@si...>]

On 12/27/10 Dec 27 -1:17 PM, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> [Robert Goldman <rpg...@si...> (2010-12-27 17:14:55 UTC)]
> 
>> 1.  Would it be reasonable to change the call marked with "+" to:
>>
>> (compiler-style-warn
>>   "Declaring variable ~S to be ignored, but not in the form which
>> defines this variable."
>>   name)
> 
> No, because it seems to imply that the variable is defined elsewhere,
> which it might not be. I suggest something along the lines of
> 
>   "Declaring variable ~S, not bound in this form, to be ignored"
> 
> (I have no idea about your other question.)

Quite right.  That is a much more clear message.

best,
r