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bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound
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Stephen Berman |
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bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Jun 2016 00:07:17 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 15:46:38 -0400 Noam Postavsky
<npostavs@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> So can we agree on this updated wording? (as shown in attached patch)
>
> Note that unlike dynamic variables which are tied to the symbol
> object itself, the relationship between lexical variables and
> symbols is only present in the interpreter (or compiler).
> Therefore, functions which take a symbol argument (like
> ‘symbol-value’, ‘boundp’, and ‘set’) can only retrieve or modify a
> variable’s dynamic binding (i.e., the contents of its symbol’s
> value cell). Also, the code in the body of a ‘defun’ or
> ‘defmacro’ cannot refer to surrounding lexical variables.
This sounds clearer to me, thanks.
> Should it be updated any further? (if yes, please reply with concrete
> proposals)
I don't feel competent enough to judge that; however, Drew pointed out
that the `(elisp) Variables' node I quoted from earlier and other places
in the manual haven't been updated for lexical binding. Anyway, these
questions would be more properly assigned to a separate bug report.
Steve Berman
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Tino Calancha, 2016/06/17
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Michael Heerdegen, 2016/06/17
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Noam Postavsky, 2016/06/23
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Drew Adams, 2016/06/23
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Noam Postavsky, 2016/06/24
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Stephen Berman, 2016/06/25
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Noam Postavsky, 2016/06/25
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Stephen Berman, 2016/06/25
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Noam Postavsky, 2016/06/25
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound,
Stephen Berman <=
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Michael Heerdegen, 2016/06/25
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Noam Postavsky, 2016/06/25
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Noam Postavsky, 2016/06/26
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Drew Adams, 2016/06/25
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Drew Adams, 2016/06/25
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Drew Adams, 2016/06/25
- bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound, Tino Calancha, 2016/06/23