From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>,
Tino Calancha <f92capac@gmail.com>,
23781@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23781: 25.0.95; read-string with HIST lexically bound
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 12:12:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oa6pwp9d.fsf@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV-_M7SoDz_kxhgSG-u5x+kGboihqGpMvS_RZR4AFjtQ6gw@mail.gmail.com> (Noam Postavsky's message of "Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:26:45 -0400")
On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:26:45 -0400 Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>>> 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).
>>
>> 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.
>
> Hmm, this threatens to get a little philosophical, but that seems to
> contradict earlier text in the same node:
>
> Here is how lexical binding works. Each binding construct
> defines a “lexical environment”, specifying the symbols that are
> bound within the construct and their local values.
I think it's more a question of definition than philosophy: AFAIU using
the word "symbols" here is strictly speaking incorrect; it should be
"variables".
Steve Berman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-25 10:12 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
2016-06-25 0:26 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-25 10:12 ` Stephen Berman [this message]
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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