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lambda inside interactive form of around advice isn't a closure

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
Cc: 61179 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61179: lambda inside interactive form of around advice isn't a closure
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 17:34:43 -0500

> I'm having troubles falling asleep because my brain insists on rewording
> the following (even though --or perhaps exactly because-- there is not
> really any need to mention it at all).  So I might as well try if typing
> it out helps. ;)
>
> I actually though of that, and the initial poc worked.  I did that late
> at night also updated transient to use it.  In the morning I noticed
> that there actually were many errors, and while I suspected that the
> failure had nothing to do with this part of my change, it still lost
> confidence in that approach, and since I felt some pressure to get
> things done before the Emacs pre-release I stopped pursuing it.
> Somehow I forgot about it when I wrote the above.
>
> Now that you have suggested the same, my confidence is back.  And now
> that I have written the above, I should also be able to fall asleep. ;P

I hope your slept well.  The code I sent is, as usual, 100% guaranteed
untested, but it *should* work modulo silly errors.

> I'll only need it once; would you recommend using a helper in that case too?

Either way works.


        Stefan

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