GNU bug report logs - #66636
Move lexical-binding warning from checkdoc to byte-compiler

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:50:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 66636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66636: Move lexical-binding warning from checkdoc to byte-compiler
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:44:55 -0400

> If specifying lexical-binding:nil in the first line is the solution
> for those who want to keep dynamically-bound code, then yes, it should
> be definitely in NEWS, and probably also in the ELisp manual.

FWIW, I think this would be a disservice to them (and to ourselves).
In 99% of the cases it's just as easy to make the code work with
`lexical-binding:t`.

We do want to allow people to silence the warning with
`lexical-binding:nil`, but we don't want to encourage it.


        Stefan
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