From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>, 20640@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20640: 24.5; lexical-binding should work like a normal file-local variable
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 21:06:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tn7frwp2oo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvtwv0b73f.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 25 May 2015 18:55:50 -0400")
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> Allowing it at the end of the file, would require jumping to the end of
>>> the file first, and then starting over from the beginning.
>>> That'd be a very bad requirement.
>> Why? We're going to have to read that page eventually anyway.
>
> Because we can't read the first page correctly until we know whether it
> should be read in lexical-binding mode or in dynamic-binding mode.
A few years ago, we said (IIUC) it was desirable:
http://debbugs.gnu.org/10605
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-01/msg00543.html
Or have speed-ups in uncompiled code shifted the balance?
(But no-one shows any sign of doing anything, so it's all academic.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-26 1:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-24 10:19 bug#20640: 24.5; lexical-binding should work like a normal file-local variable Philipp Stephani
2015-05-25 1:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-05-25 20:33 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-05-25 22:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-05-26 1:06 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2015-05-26 17:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-05-26 20:53 ` Glenn Morris
2015-05-27 1:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-06-21 20:08 ` Philipp Stephani
2015-06-22 15:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-11 18:04 ` Philipp Stephani
2016-09-11 19:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
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