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bug#44733: Nested let bindings for non-local DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER variables
From: |
Spencer Baugh |
Subject: |
bug#44733: Nested let bindings for non-local DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER variables unwind wrong |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:22:07 -0500 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> Why did you think this is a bug? The ELisp manual seems to document
> what you see:
>
> A variable can have more than one local binding at a time (e.g., if
> there are nested ‘let’ forms that bind the variable). The “current
> binding” is the local binding that is actually in effect. It determines
> the value returned by evaluating the variable symbol, and it is the
> binding acted on by ‘setq’.
>
> Or did I misunderstand what you found unexpected?
I mentioned two unexpected things, but I don't think that parapgrah
describes either of them.
First was the behavior that when you setq within a let_default binding,
the binding does not appear local when queried with local-variable-p.
That's relatively minor. It doesn't seem to me that that paragraph says
anything about "You can have local bindings which don't appear local
when queried with local-variable-p".
Second, and the more important bug, which my code example was about, is
"the default value is set to whatever your current binding is, if you
enter and then exit a nested let-binding". That seems definitely
uncovered by that paragraph, or any documentation.
bug#44733: Nested let bindings for non-local DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER variables unwind wrong, Stefan Monnier, 2020/11/19