From: "Mattias Engdegård" <mattiase@acm.org>
To: Narendra Joshi <narendraj9@gmail.com>
Cc: 40185-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40185: #40185: 28.0.50; Emacs Calc selection of a sub-formula doesn't highlight it
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:07:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E4727B6-F177-4734-8C0D-BC5D482696AB@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHCj4z6azX+U+5LxFE9-B+mRMPzRS-DX32d03MhhrmuL-=78jA@mail.gmail.com>
23 mars 2020 kl. 23.37 skrev Narendra Joshi <narendraj9@gmail.com>:
> Thanks for the explanation. :) I think I got it. It seems to me that
> porting a large package like `calc` to use lexical binding everywhere
> would mean fixing a lot of such bugs.
Yes, currently only a few files have been converted to lexical binding, and the Calc code relies heavily on dynamic variables everywhere. The code also uses side-effects a lot. Rewriting it in a more modern, functional style would do wonders for maintainability and correctness, but its size and complexity is likely to make it quite an enterprise.
> Is the fix also going to be merged to `master` or will it be merged
> sometime later?
It will be merged in a few days. If not, please send a reminder.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-22 18:24 bug#40185: 28.0.50; Emacs Calc selection of a sub-formula doesn't highlight it Narendra Joshi
2020-03-23 17:43 ` bug#40185: #40185: " Mattias Engdegård
2020-03-23 19:06 ` Narendra Joshi
2020-03-23 20:37 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-03-23 22:37 ` Narendra Joshi
2020-03-24 9:07 ` Mattias Engdegård [this message]
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