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28.0.50; Why `bound-and-true-p' is not working in lexical binding?

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: 49116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, bugs <at> gnu.support
Subject: bug#49116: 28.0.50; Why `bound-and-true-p' is not working in lexical binding?
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 15:21:47 +0200

Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz> writes:

> It wouldn't hurt, and I see that `boundp' has such a note:
>
> "Note that if `lexical-binding' is in effect, this refers to the
> global value outside of any lexical scope."
>
> That same text could be used.

I've now copied over that text to the doc string of bound-and-true-p.

> If the confusion is over whether function arguments are dynamic
> or lexical then the doc change might not explain things, but it
> would probably hint at the source of the confusion.

Yup.

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