GNU bug report logs - #11862
[PATCH 0/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Copyediting

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Witten <mfwitten <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 20:23:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>
Cc: 11862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mfwitten <at> gmail.com, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is
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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