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30.0.50; [PATCH] Improve discussion of 'let' in Elisp Introduction manual

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 66756 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66756: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Improve discussion of 'let' in Elisp Introduction manual
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:46:55 -0800

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On 11/24/2023 3:41 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> "During the execution" is probably a good idea, but "within the body
> of the expression" Does not seem to contrast with that, since it also
> holds for dynamic binding.

For "within the body of the expression", I wanted a phrase I could use 
near the beginning of this discussion, before we get into the 
differences of lexical vs dynamic binding. That way, I can refer back to 
it in the lexical/dynamic binding section and contrast it with the 
dynamic binding definition.

I've added some more explanation to it though, so hopefully that helps 
clarify things. I also reworked the description of dynamic binding to 
talk about how each variable has a stack of bindings. Hopefully this is 
clear enough; I think it's more straightforward than the previous one, 
since it uses a stack of papers on one's desk as a visual analogy to 
help drive the point home.

[0001-Introduce-let-using-lexical-binding-in-the-Lisp-Intr.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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