From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : `let' vs `let*' (was: Re: How do I pass a variable defined in a wrapping let, to a lambda?)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:16:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r17316h5.fsf@zoho.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: SJ0PR10MB548849FDE130F3B4F1BFBE68F3109@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com
Drew Adams wrote:
>> would it be a good idea to just have `let' and that would
>> then be the same as today's `let*'?
>
> No. Having both makes it clear(er) to _human_ readers when
> some of the bound variables might depend on others.
>
> Using `let' lets readers know that (at least from the
> binding forms) there are no such dependencies. Using `let*'
> offers a signal that there likely are such dependencies.
>
> It's for us people.
If so it fails for me since one of the most frequent error is
it begins with `let', then should be `let*' but I didn't
change, eval, error. I think ~1/4 of all Lisp errors is
this one?
And everyone has this error more or less frequently!
The other 3/4 errors will remain a mystery tho ...
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2022-03-11 22:44 How do I pass a variable defined in a wrapping let, to a lambda? Steinar Bang
2022-03-11 23:04 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-03-12 4:52 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-12 6:08 ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-03-12 13:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-03-12 18:56 ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-03-12 19:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-03-12 20:17 ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-03-12 20:31 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-03-12 22:33 ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-03-12 23:14 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-13 12:19 ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-03-13 23:46 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-13 0:20 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-12 20:34 ` tomas
2022-03-12 8:53 ` Steinar Bang
2022-03-12 14:47 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-12 16:59 ` Steinar Bang
2022-03-12 17:15 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-13 18:11 ` Steinar Bang
2022-03-12 19:09 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-12 20:57 ` Steinar Bang
2022-03-12 8:51 ` Steinar Bang
2022-03-12 9:34 ` Steinar Bang
2022-03-12 19:13 ` Steinar Bang
2022-03-12 14:03 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-13 16:06 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-03-13 18:20 ` Steinar Bang
2022-03-11 23:48 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-03-12 0:43 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-12 0:52 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-03-12 1:00 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-12 0:58 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-12 1:37 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-12 2:18 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-12 6:40 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-14 13:57 ` `let' vs `let*' (was: Re: How do I pass a variable defined in a wrapping let, to a lambda?) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-15 7:36 ` Jean Louis
2022-03-15 8:30 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-15 15:26 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-03-15 15:41 ` tomas
2022-03-15 22:40 ` [External] : `let' vs `let*' Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-16 0:25 ` [External] : `let' vs `let*' (was: Re: How do I pass a variable defined in a wrapping let, to a lambda?) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-15 17:16 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2022-03-14 14:51 ` How do I pass a variable defined in a wrapping let, to a lambda? Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-12 2:19 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-03-11 23:58 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-03-12 0:47 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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