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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Kelly Dean <kelly@prtime.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is setq-default within a dynamic let-binding supposed to work?
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:10:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvwq3xm229.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <WX6gIPDdUNH2ITnSfI7CMuATmjLykW5robYwUoFSh5v@local> (Kelly Dean's message of "Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:09:44 +0000")

> (let ((foo 'bar)) (setq-default foo 'baz))
> foo → Lisp error: (void-variable foo)

> Is that behavior correct?

Looks correct, yes, since `foo' is not made buffer-local, so
`setq-default' is just like `setq'.


        Stefan



      reply	other threads:[~2015-02-05  4:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-05  3:09 Is setq-default within a dynamic let-binding supposed to work? Kelly Dean
2015-02-05  4:10 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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