From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Try and detect common problems in lexical code
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:54:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1jEkOC-000856-6d@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvsgi5mn6n.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:30:28 -0400)
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> because the file that defines `byte-compile-dest-file-function` might be
> loaded after the let binding is created (i.e. in response to the call
> to `byte-compile`).
ISTR that in lexically-scoped languages you usually have to load
an interface spec for a program before you can call it.
Maybe that is the right direction to go, for this.
Maybe it is possible to have a function 'lexical-require'
which is like 'require' except that, instead of _loading_ the
file require, it only prepares to call things in that file.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-19 1:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-18 20:30 Try and detect common problems in lexical code Stefan Monnier
2020-03-18 22:29 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-03-19 0:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-03-20 16:47 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-03-19 1:54 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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