GNU bug report logs - #52063
28.0.60; Confusing presentation of lambda

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Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.60

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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>, 52063 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52063: 28.0.60; Confusing presentation of lambda
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:58:02 -0500

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2021-11-26 16:00:43] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> My objection was to:
>>
>>     (Which would also mean that we'd have to allow `declare' in lambdas,
>>     which I think we should anyway.)
>
> You don't think we should allow `declare' in lambdas?  It'd allow us to
> implement things like "named lambdas" more easily.

I object to linking the two issues because one is about the `lambda`
expressions in source code and the other is about runtime representation
of function values and the two are fundamentally distinct (e.g. most
runtime function values are compiled).


        Stefan
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