GNU bug report logs - #30078
27.0.50; Use lexical-binding for M-:

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:38:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #92 received at 30078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, eliz <at> gnu.org, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA,
 30078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30078: 27.0.50; Use lexical-binding for M-:
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 21:34:54 -0500

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  > Lexical and dynamic binding each have their place in Lisp,
  > especially in Emacs Lisp.  RMS underlined the importance
  > of dynamic binding for Emacs.

Emacs must have dynamic binding, but that doesn't mean it
needs to have a mode where dynamic binding is the default.
It can be limited to the variables declared to be dynamic.

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