defvar

[Andrew L. Ressler <ALR at MIT-ML>]

    DCB at MIT-AI

    I can hardly consider this a feature.  It may be convenient to have this
    capability somewhere but its behavior is too unexpected for it to be
    on vanilla flavored Compile Defun or Eval Defun.  I expect you will get
    bug messages about this from confused users until it is changed.
What would you suggest to replace this behavior.  I think it is consistent
and easy to use.  I admit documentation would help, but I don't think its
behavior should be changed.