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31.0.50; Default lexical-binding to t

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
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 09:55:05 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:27:20 -0700
> Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, rms <at> gnu.org, 74145 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 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.

SGTM.

> Are there any other important measures that remain?

I think there was a suggestion to make the mode-line indication more
prominent or something.  Also, perhaps some prominent announcement in
NEWS could be in order.

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