From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: lexical-binding rationale?
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:49:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120112184910.GB3132@acm.acm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2d3aosqkm.fsf@pluto.luannocracy.com>
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 01:50:33PM -0500, Dave Abrahams wrote:
> on Thu Jan 12 2012, Alan Mackenzie <acm-AT-muc.de> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:47:35AM -0500, Dave Abrahams wrote:
> > Request for clarification:
> >> I'm sure this has been discussed to death, so please feel free to
> >> respond with a link, but... can anyone point me to a rationale for
> >> dynamically altering such a fundamental language behavior on the
> >> basis of a variable's value?
> > What, exactly does "dynamically altering" mean?
> Sorry, that's a very dangerous term developed in secret at the
> U.S. Department of Redundancy Department.
> Let's just say, "altering"
> > What is the "fundamental language behaviour" which is being/to be
> > dynamically altered.
> > What precise relationship has been abstracted to "on the basis of"?
> > Which "variable's value" is meant here.
> My understanding is that Emacs is using a buffer-local variable called
> `lexical-binding' to determine whether variable bindings shall be
> dynamic or lexical.
OK, got you now! Thanks.
> --
> Dave Abrahams
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-12 18:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-12 16:47 lexical-binding rationale? Dave Abrahams
2012-01-12 18:01 ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-01-12 18:50 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-01-12 18:49 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2012-01-12 20:51 ` Glenn Morris
2012-01-12 22:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-13 7:55 ` Glenn Morris
2012-01-14 2:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-13 5:17 ` Richard Stallman
2012-01-13 15:28 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-01-13 18:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-13 19:19 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-01-14 0:59 ` Ted Zlatanov
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