GNU bug report logs - #3467
23.0.94; let + make-local-variable => let value made global

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 21:20:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 10604

Found in version 23.2

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #80 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 3467 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3467: 23.0.94; let + make-local-variable => let value made 
	global
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 22:13:57 +0200

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Richard Stallman<rms <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> I think this is a use case that should be avoided.
> Maybe it can be made to work "right", but if that's difficult,
> I'd rather tell people not to do it.

I can't see how it can be avoided. Whenever make-local-variable or
kill-local-variable this problem can occur (if the variable happen to
be let bound of course).
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