Re: Default lexical-binding to t

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:46:43 -0500
> 
>   > > For now, we should improve the warning given for a file that fails to
>   > > specify lexical-binding.  Let's make it explicitly say what we want
>   > > users to do.  "To avoid confusion later, add lexical-binding to the
>   > > file's local variables now."
> 
>   > > For warning when visiting a file, instead of a cryptic "/d", it whould
>   > > show clear instructions.
> 
>   > > Can we add that trivial change to 31.2?
> 
>   > You mean, 31.1, I guess?
> 
> Sorry, I meant 30.2.

It depends on the warning, how frequently it will be shown, and how
annoying could it be as result.  Also how complex and safe is the code
to implement that.

In general, users don't expect significant functionality changes in
bugfix releases, only in XX.1 major releases.