GNU bug report logs - #51695
29.0.50; lexical scope closure, interactive spec byte compiler warnings/usage issue

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood <at> zoho.eu>

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 23:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: 51695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51695: 29.0.50; lexical scope closure, interactive spec byte compiler warnings/usage issue
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 00:44:09 +0100

Emanuel Berg via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> `defalias' and `lambda' BTW, isn't that an anonymous function
> with a name ... maybe an ordinary function makes more sense
> there, especially since `declare-function' has to be used?
>
> Or why a lambda?

Any `defun' call expands into a defalias form (plus optional
declarations).  It's a matter of taste what to use in this case - I use
`defalias' with the "naked" lambda to emphasize that it's important here
that a closure is involved, but that's irrelevant, you can do as
you wish.

Michael.
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