Re: 24.3.50; Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form

[Sam Steingold]

> * Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> [2012-11-09 10:59:36 -0500]:
>
> [ Please use M-x report-emacs-bug (or send it to
>   address@hidden). ]

I thought that list was only for released versions.

>> byte compilation now warns
>> .emacs.el:46:39:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
>> .emacs.el:46:39:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
>> .emacs.el:46:39:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
>> .emacs.el:46:39:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
>> .emacs.el:1255:20:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
>> .emacs.el:1259:43:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
>> for forms like
>> (eval-and-compile (defvar ...))
>
> Oh, sorry I forgot one hunk.  Should be fixed now.

thanks.

>> why is ((lambda ...) ...) deprecated?
> Why not?

because it is useful and beautiful.

>> this is one of the oldest lisp constructs!
>
> Old doesn't make it good.  If you want to bind local variables, you
> know where to find `let', don't you?

Lisp is rich in tradition and folklore.
We should not abandon them without much thought.

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