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31.0.50; Default lexical-binding to t

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 74145 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#74145: 31.0.50; Default lexical-binding to t
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:27:20 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Please forgive me, but this again changes the subject.  The original
> issue was with adding a warning (and maybe other measures designed to
> alert users to the change and prepare them for dealing with it), not
> with when to change the default on the master branch.  From where I
> stand, we can make the change once these measures are implemented, but
> not before.

OK, then let's focus on that.

The idea is to warn is when a file is loaded without a lexical-binding
cookie.  We don't have a patch yet, but it should be straightforward,
and we agree.  Let's just do it.

Are there any other important measures that remain?

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