GNU bug report logs - #13934
Minor bug in `command-line-functions'

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Message #17 received at 13934 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: xfq.free <at> gmail.com, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 13934 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13934: Minor bug in `command-line-functions'
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 08:46:35 -0400

>> (setq command-line-functions '((lambda () (message "argi %s" argi))))
>> 
>> and `argi' is indeed dynamically bound when 
>> 
>>                      ;; We have almost exhausted our options. See if the
>>                      ;; user has made any other command-line options available
>>                      (let ((hooks command-line-functions)
>>                            (did-hook nil))
>>                        (while (and hooks
>>                                    (not (setq did-hook (funcall (car hooks)))))
>>                          (setq hooks (cdr hooks)))
>> 
>> is executed...  so is argi dynamic in the startup.el file, but not
>> elsewhere in Emacs?  In which case there is really nothing to fix in the
>> doc string?
>
> Yes, I think so.  Stefan?

Indeed, it's dynamically scoped in startup.el but not elsewhere.


        Stefan

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