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28.0.60; Confusing presentation of lambda

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Message #134 received at 52063 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>,
 Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 52063 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52063: 28.0.60; Confusing presentation of lambda
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 08:13:51 -0500

> or something like that?  And in that case, we could just say even say that
>
>      (lambda (x)
>        (declare (environment ((bar . 2))))
>        (+ x bar))
>
> is how to represent this.  😀  (I.e., a `lambda' with a `declare
> environment' is a closure.)
>
> (Which would also mean that we'd have to allow `declare' in lambdas,
> which I think we should anyway.)

I sense a bit of confusion: we're talking about the runtime representation
of function values: those never occur in source code.


        Stefan

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