Re: [PATCH] Fix (letrec ((ignore)))

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, John.

On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 03:10:05PM -0800, John Wiegley wrote:
> >>>>> Kaushal Modi <address@hidden> writes:

> > Would it be better instead to fix the org-mode files for consistency?
> > - Replace all instances of
> > (letrec ((SOMEVAR)) ..)
> > with
> > (letrec ((SOMEVAR nil)) ..)

> (letrec ((SOMEVAR))) should be an error, since the value is missing. If one
> wishes to declare SOMEVAR with a nil value, the correct forms are:

>     (letrec ((SOMEVAR nil)))
>     (letrec (SOMEVAR))

> > Question to emacs-devel: What would be the right approach?

> We should give `letrec' the same treatment we've given to `setq' and `setf',
> and then Org and other users should be corrected.

Just as a matter of interest,

   (let ((foo) ... ) ...)

is accepted by the interpreter and byte compiler, binding foo to nil.

Should we make that form invalid, too?

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