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Re: lexbind
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: lexbind |
Date: |
Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:22 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
>> (1) What are good ways to declare certain variables dynamic?
> `defvar' is the standard way to do that. CL offers ways to do it inside
> `declare' macro calls, but I don't think it's an important refinement.
> I am not sure `defvar' is enough. The reason is that using it to fix
> existing packages may require renaming.
Yes, it may require renaming. It's usually not a big deal, tho.
>> (2) What packages will break?
> Hopefully none since the lexbind branch only uses lexical-binding when
> the code asks for it.
> I did not realize that. In that case, installing it won't break
> anything.
Modulo bugs, of course,
Stefan
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- Re: lexbind, paul r, 2008/03/03
- Re: lexbind, Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/03
- Re: lexbind, paul r, 2008/03/04
- Re: lexbind, Miles Bader, 2008/03/04
- Re: lexbind, paul r, 2008/03/04
- Re: lexbind, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2008/03/04