GNU bug report logs - #44854
[PATCH] Add lexical-binding cookie to autoload files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:35:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 44854 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: bug#44854: [PATCH] Add lexical-binding cookie to autoload files
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 20:22:12 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se,  44854 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:54:39 -0500
> 
> > Then perhaps it isn't yet time to start putting the cookies into files
> > that don't need it, like the autoloads files?
> 
> I think it would be good to aim for Emacs-28 being distributed with all
> *its* .el files as well as the Elisp files it generates using
> `lexical-binding:t`.  That's why I'm in favor of adding this cookie to
> the autoload files now.

What's the rationale?  Why not leave it without the cookie, right
until the time we turn lexical-binding on by default?
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