Subject: Re: bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 05:18:40 -0400

In Lisp, binding a variable and setting a variable are different
operations.  This binds the variable foo:

  (let (foo) ...)

This sets the variable foo:

  (setq foo ...)

If anything in our Lisp manuals makes this difference blurry,
it ought to be fixed.

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