# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 820821804 0
# Node ID e8d6c760f7961fb4995abf86fcf7a0c6f1e45bba
# Parent  4192181eb8145e1f17126b12a0f35d807fa4d6f4
Explain eliminating compiler warnings about undefined variables.

diff -r 4192181eb814 -r e8d6c760f796 lispref/tips.texi
--- a/lispref/tips.texi	Fri Jan 05 02:42:32 1996 +0000
+++ b/lispref/tips.texi	Fri Jan 05 06:03:24 1996 +0000
@@ -246,6 +246,17 @@
 coherent if all libraries use the same conventions.
 
 @item
+Try to avoid compiler warnings about undefined free variables, by adding
+@cdode{defvar} definitions for these variables.
+
+If you bind a variable in one function, and use it or set it in another
+function, the compiler warns about the latter function unless the
+variable has a definition.  But often these variables have short names,
+and it is not clean for Lisp packages to define such variables names.
+Therefore, you should rename the variable to start with the name prefix
+used for the other functions and variables in your package.
+
+@item
 Indent each function with @kbd{C-M-q} (@code{indent-sexp}) using the
 default indentation parameters.