GNU bug report logs - #39823
26.3; update-directory-autoloads regression from Emacs 26 to Emacs 27

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: , 39823 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#39823: 26.3; update-directory-autoloads regression from Emacs 26 to Emacs 27
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:34:48 -0400

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Is there any real use for lexical scoping in --eval?
I suggest reverting the default for --eval to dynamic.
We could introduce --evallex to specify lexical scoping
and ask people to tell us if they find it useful.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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