GNU bug report logs - #15231
24.3.50; eshell: variable `name' treated different from other variables

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Reported by: Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net>

Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 23:42:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

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

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Aidan Gauland <aidalgol <at> no8wireless.co.nz>
Cc: Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net>, 15231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15231: 24.3.50; eshell: variable `name' treated different from other variables
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 23:39:33 -0400

>>> Is this a bug?
>> Sounds like it, yes.  More specifically it sounds like changing Eshell
>> to use lexical-binding would fix this bug.
> But why is this happening with just `name'?

I don't know the precise cause of the bug, but my crystal ball says that
the Eshell code that interprets your command itself uses a variable
named "name".  There are probably a few other variables names used by
Eshell that suffer from the same kind of "capture".


        Stefan
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