From 743e0f41360627cadbc0bb9c9ab66f32656abe01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 16:20:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [WIP]

---
 hackernews.el | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hackernews.el b/hackernews.el
index 176c3d7..82be75e 100644
--- a/hackernews.el
+++ b/hackernews.el
@@ -627,14 +627,16 @@ Official major mode key bindings:
 
 ;;;; Retrieval
 
+;; At top level for Emacs < 24.4.
+(defvar json-array-type)
+(defvar json-object-type)
+(declare-function json-read "json" ())
+
 (defalias 'hackernews--parse-json
   (if (fboundp 'json-parse-buffer)
       (lambda ()
         (json-parse-buffer :object-type 'alist))
     (require 'json)
-    (defvar json-array-type)
-    (defvar json-object-type)
-    (declare-function json-read "json")
     (lambda ()
       (let ((json-array-type  'vector)
             (json-object-type 'alist))