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Re: lexical mumblings
From: |
Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: lexical mumblings |
Date: |
26 Oct 2001 11:45:39 +0900 |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> [1] Adding support to the byte-code interpreter, so that it's possible
> to do efficient lexical binding. ...
>
> You are right, I thought you were talking about 1 and 2 together.
My original post did discuss both [1] and [2], so I can see why you
thought this.
> I see no reason to object to #1. But what good would it do if Lisp
> programs don't use it? When would they use it?
There are several possible ways -- for instance, a special `llet' form,
if you just want to use lexical binding for particular cases [maybe in a
speed critical inner loop], or perhaps putting `(use-lexical-binding)'
at the top-level of an elisp source file, which would cause
byte-compiler to lexically bind local variables instead of using the
normal dynamic binding.
Of course, any variable declared using `defvar' would always be
dynamically bound, no matter what (or at least, that's how I envision
things working, based on the way common-lisp works).
> You are not maintaining emacs alone; there are others helping you
> (including me).
>
> Nobody else wanted to take overall responsibility,
> which means it falls on me.
Well, it's never easy being the king ... but it's a lot easier if you
have a big army!
-Miles
--
Next to fried food, the South has suffered most from oratory.
-- Walter Hines Page
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