From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: paaguti@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: PATCH: Explicitly show how let works on global-variables
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:39:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1ofltD-0008Pi-Ch@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83czb8vxdo.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:52:35 +0300)
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> This manual already says, in the previous subsection:
> Local variables created by a ‘let’ expression retain their value
> _only_ within the ‘let’ expression itself (and within expressions called
> within the ‘let’ expression); the local variables have no effect outside
> the ‘let’ expression.
> Doesn't this cover the issue?
In an introductory manual like this one, it is good
to repeat an important point, if that helps users understand
the subject. It's worth another few lines to say this a second time,
and even a third time, to get the point across clearly.
An additional example would probably be good too.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-04 17:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-04 6:46 PATCH: Explicitly show how let works on global-variables Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-10-04 7:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-04 8:09 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-10-04 11:36 ` Phil Sainty
2022-10-04 13:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-10-04 22:22 ` Tim Cross
2022-10-05 5:28 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-10-06 9:00 ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-10-06 19:34 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-04 17:39 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2022-10-04 7:59 ` tomas
2022-10-04 11:56 ` Phil Sainty
2022-10-04 13:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-10-05 21:31 ` Richard Stallman
2022-10-04 15:00 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
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