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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 Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: psainty <at> orcon.net.nz, dancol <at> dancol.org, 74145 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, visuweshm <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#74145: 31.0.50; Default lexical-binding to t
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:27:26 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>,  psainty <at> orcon.net.nz,
>   dancol <at> dancol.org,  74145 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:53:45 -0500
> 
> >> +1.  It is also a bit time consuming to change code to follow lexical
> >> binding and AFAIU from reading the list, there is no straightforward way
> >> to do so.  Despite that, I hope there could be some addition to the
> >> manual to outline the rough pathway one may follow.
> >
> > I asked about that, and got the answer that it was impossible.
> 
> This said, we do have
> 
>     @node Converting to Lexical Binding
>     @subsection Converting to Lexical Binding
> 
> in `variables.texi`.

Yes, but the problem is not that there's no such place, the problem is
with what it says.  Basically, it says "use it and fix any problems
you find" (and yes, I know that every summary comes with a
simplification that sometimes does injustice to the original text).

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