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24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting; make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?

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Message #236 received at 18051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 18051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#18051: 24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting;
 make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:23:58 -0400

>> Normally one controls functions through their arguments, not the
>> environment.
> We also have the other variety, e.g. see coding-system-for-read.

Yes, we have a lot of that, but that's only used when adding an optional
argument was not really practical, in which case dynamic scoping comes
to the rescue (but with several caveats).

In the present case I don't see why we can't use an optional argument,
so an optional arg would be preferable.


        Stefan

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