From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>,
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: Tino Calancha <f92capac@gmail.com>, 23781@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:18:52 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <321d46ee-407f-4a6e-93be-302a55da6196@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV--GxiuBi43ZFQ3bmZez=a+1aV4Ue_yGNdQPwPdD3Yc5Gg@mail.gmail.com>
> > AFAICT this is expected and not specific to `read-string': A quoted
> > symbol can never refer to a lexical binding - and `symbol-value' or
> > `eval' always return the dynamic binding.
>
> Right, it's sort of hinted at in the elisp manual (11.9.3 Lexical Binding):
>
> Note that functions like ‘symbol-value’, ‘boundp’, and ‘set’ only
> retrieve or modify a variable’s dynamic binding (i.e., the
> contents of its symbol’s value cell).
>
> I think we should be a little more specific, not
> just give examples, something like:
>
> Note that functions which take a symbol argument (like
> ‘symbol-value’, ‘boundp’, and ‘set’) can only retrieve or modify a
> variable’s dynamic binding (i.e., the contents of its symbol’s
> value cell).
>
> Sort of releated: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=21185
Be even more specific: A Lisp symbol is a dynamic thing.
It is an object. Lexical binding has nothing to do with symbols.
A given _name_ in code can sometimes be lexically bound.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-23 23:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-17 5:19 bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound Tino Calancha
2016-06-17 15:25 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-06-23 23:01 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-23 23:18 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2016-06-25 0:26 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-25 10:12 ` Stephen Berman
2016-06-25 16:53 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-25 18:53 ` Stephen Berman
2016-06-25 19:46 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-25 22:07 ` Stephen Berman
2016-06-25 23:42 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-06-26 3:34 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-27 0:55 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-07-01 4:07 ` npostavs
2016-06-26 2:23 ` Drew Adams
2016-06-25 21:00 ` Drew Adams
2016-06-25 20:42 ` Drew Adams
2016-06-24 2:24 ` Tino Calancha
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