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24.3.50; eshell: variable `name' treated different from other variables

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 15231-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Gregor Zattler <telegraph <at> gmx.net>,
 Aidan Gauland <aidalgol <at> no8wireless.co.nz>
Subject: Re: bug#15231: 24.3.50;
 eshell: variable `name' treated different from other variables
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:16:24 -0400

>> I've just tried to convert Eshell to use lexical-binding and it appears
>> that this problem would indeed be fixed by such a change (if someone has
>> some kind of test suite for Eshell it would be very helpful, since
>> changing it to use lexical-binding is not completely trivial and might
>> introduce unexpected regressions).
> There is test/eshell.el. Btw, shouldn't it be moved to test/automated/ ?

Cool, indeed.  I moved the file, added a test to catch this bug, and
changed Eshell to use lexical-binding.


        Stefan

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