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24.3; Error in section 11.9.3 of the Elisp Reference Manual

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sian Mountbatten <poenikatu <at> fastmail.co.uk>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; Error in section 11.9.3 of the Elisp Reference Manual
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:54:58 +0100

In section 11.9.3 Lexical Binding of the Elisp Reference Manual, the
following forms are given:

(defvar my-ticker nil)  ; comment

(let ((x 0))
     (setq my-ticker (lambda ()
                       (setq x (1+ x)))))

(funcall my-ticker)

The manual says that the 3rd form (funcall...) yields `1'. When these
forms are evaluated using C-xC-e, the 3rd form enters the debugger with
the error `void variable x'.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2)
 of 2013-06-25 on sochi, modified by Debian
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11204000
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-- 
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Learning C++11 from the C++ Primer 5th edition.
I'm an associate FSF member (no. 10888).
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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15139: 24.3;
 Error in section 11.9.3 of the Elisp Reference Manual
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:08:31 +0200

Sian Mountbatten <poenikatu <at> fastmail.co.uk> writes:

> In section 11.9.3 Lexical Binding of the Elisp Reference Manual, the
> following forms are given:
>
> (defvar my-ticker nil)  ; comment
>
> (let ((x 0))
>      (setq my-ticker (lambda ()
>                        (setq x (1+ x)))))
>
> (funcall my-ticker)
>
> The manual says that the 3rd form (funcall...) yields `1'. When these
> forms are evaluated using C-xC-e, the 3rd form enters the debugger with
> the error `void variable x'.

The manual is speaking of lexical binding, try this or use the code
above in a lexical-binding environment:

(defvar my-ticker nil)  ; comment

(lexical-let ((x 0))
  (setq my-ticker (lambda ()
                    (setq x (1+ x)))))

(funcall my-ticker)

-- 
Thierry
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