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27.0.50; Use lexical-binding for M-:

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Message #113 received at 30078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, eliz <at> gnu.org, 30078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30078: 27.0.50; Use lexical-binding for M-:
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:40:49 -0400

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We need dynamic binding to run old programs which were written for it.
We must keep it running forever for that reason.
Aside from that, I don't see a case where we really need to use it.

The 'e' command in the debugger needs to give access to the bindings
of the code being debugged -- even if that code uses lexical binding.
There are various ways to implement that.  How is it implemented now?

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