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

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Message #23 received at 52063 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 52063 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#52063: 28.0.60; Confusing presentation of lambda
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 16:38:39 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 52063 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:31:22 +0100
> 
> If you put
> 
> (lambda () 1)
> 
> into *scratch* and then `C-u C-x C-e' it'll spit put
> 
> (closure (t) nil 1)
> 
> Because that's what that form evaluates to in lexically bound buffers.
> `lambda' is no longer self-evaluating, and hasn't been for a few years.
> 
> (But I guess it's pretty recent that *scratch* defaults to lexical.)
> 
> And it's the same with
> 
> (lambda ()
>   (setq flyspell-generic-check-word-p
> 	'mail-mode-flyspell-verify))
> 
> of course.

I'm asking why we are doing this.  IT IS CONFUSING!!!

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