Subject: Re: bug#12049: 24.1.50.1; lisp_file_lexically_bound_p does not handle local variables list

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:49:59 -0400

Christopher Schmidt wrote:

>> That's a known limitation, which we decided to keep since supporting
>> lexical-binding settings at the end of the file would force the
>> interpreter to read the whole file before starting interpreting.
>
> Thanks for you answer.  Is this limitation mentioned in the
> documentation?  If so, in which node?

In the doc string of the variable lexical-binding, in the NEWS file, and
in the "Using Lexical Binding" node of the elisp manual.