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29.0.60; Free variable with :buffer keyword in ert-with-temp-file

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 60730 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, "J.P." <jp <at> neverwas.me>
Subject: bug#60730: 29.0.60; Free variable with :buffer keyword in ert-with-temp-file
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:56:08 +0100

On Jan 29 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: "J.P." <jp <at> neverwas.me>
>> Cc: 60730 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  stefankangas <at> gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 18:00:40 -0800
>> 
>> When the value of `coding-system-for-write' is non-nil, only quoting it
>> twice survives expansion:
>> 
>>   (setq coding-system-for-write ''raw-text)
>>   (ert-with-temp-file myfile)
>> 
>>   -> (let* ((coding-system-for-write 'raw-text) ...)
>> 
>> Otherwise, we get a free variable:
>> 
>>   (setq coding-system-for-write 'raw-text)
>>   (ert-with-temp-file myfile)
>> 
>>   -> (let* ((coding-system-for-write raw-text) ...)
>
> OK, in that case we should indeed solve this in the code by something
> like the patch you proposed.

I am surprised that the commit worked for you when you installed it.  Do
you perhaps have defined a global variable undecided-unix in your Emacs
instance?

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