GNU bug report logs - #66706
[PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:48:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

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Message #8 received at 66706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 66706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp
 dialect insertion
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:21:53 -0400

> This patch inserts the lexical cookie in new Elisp files
> automatically.  It helps users by making it less likely that they
> forget to add it, and eliminates some drudgery.

Yes, please,

> Their code will be more future-safe, and more robust and performant here and now.

I wouldn't make any claim about "performant": there are important cases
where we execute lexically scoped code more efficiently, but there are
also cases (hopefully less important) where the reverse is true.


        Stefan
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