From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>
To: 15139@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15139: 24.3; Error in section 11.9.3 of the Elisp Reference Manual
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:08:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877gfgpqkw.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mwochhct.fsf@fastmail.co.uk>
Sian Mountbatten <poenikatu@fastmail.co.uk> writes:
> In section 11.9.3 Lexical Binding of the Elisp Reference Manual, the
> following forms are given:
>
> (defvar my-ticker nil) ; comment
>
> (let ((x 0))
> (setq my-ticker (lambda ()
> (setq x (1+ x)))))
>
> (funcall my-ticker)
>
> The manual says that the 3rd form (funcall...) yields `1'. When these
> forms are evaluated using C-xC-e, the 3rd form enters the debugger with
> the error `void variable x'.
The manual is speaking of lexical binding, try this or use the code
above in a lexical-binding environment:
(defvar my-ticker nil) ; comment
(lexical-let ((x 0))
(setq my-ticker (lambda ()
(setq x (1+ x)))))
(funcall my-ticker)
--
Thierry
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2013-08-20 8:54 bug#15139: 24.3; Error in section 11.9.3 of the Elisp Reference Manual Sian Mountbatten
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