GNU bug report logs - #40088
27.0.90; Symbol’s value as variable is void: debugger-outer-match-data

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:42:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 27.0.90

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 40088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>, 40088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40088: 27.0.90; Symbol’s value as
 variable is void: debugger-outer-match-data
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:24:11 +0100

Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> writes:

> It's already "special" where it's used (in one file). "value as
> variable is void" is what happens when it doesn't have an init value,
> and nobody bound it to anything.

But some uses that "bind it to anything" might create lexical bindings
after the last changes - that's my concern.

Michael.
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