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[PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion

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Message #145 received at 66706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 66706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com,
 Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:41:08 +0800

Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> This is helpful. The bit about 'setq' seemed a bit roundabout (to say
> the least), and while I can see how it might help explain 'let' to a
> novice, it's probably more likely to mislead them instead.
>
> I'll start with a patch here then. I think this is also a prime spot
> to add an example or two that would actually show lexical binding in
> action (i.e. a sample where the code would do something different
> under dynamic binding).
>
> - Jim

Does anyone recall the # of the previous bug report this subject was
last explored in detail in?  Where IIRC this boiled down to the absence
of someone like Bob Chassell?

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