From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Passing optional arguments for use with internal functions
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:27:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y1iwe06a.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: xWtYxR0YqJPtIpVTTOHZQOOon-ZASO0giqGMIxi7PvtwwdW4XYHssFCT6uvhOkcdnGd21cGx8p5kY1xpPLduXCVZzx3UPILS27udohCb0Zk=@proton.me
uzibalqa wrote:
>> ;;; -- lexical-binding: nil --
>>
>> (defvar arg)
>> (setq arg 2)
>>
>> (defun echo-arg (&optional arg)
>> (or arg (setq arg 1))
>> (message "%s" arg) )
>>
>> ;; (echo-arg)
>>
>> This will still echo 1.
>
> Now that there has been a change from dynamic to lexical
> binding, this becomes a problem. What command should one use
> to set a default value to an optional argument for the
> current lexical binding files ?
The same, since function arguments are always lexical.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-31 12:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-27 23:45 Passing optional arguments for use with internal functions uzibalqa
2023-07-28 10:51 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-07-28 16:42 ` Heime
2023-07-28 17:11 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-07-30 16:09 ` uzibalqa
2023-07-31 12:27 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2023-08-02 18:01 ` uzibalqa
2023-08-02 18:20 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-02 19:24 ` uzibalqa
2023-08-02 19:53 ` uzibalqa
2023-08-02 23:24 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-03 15:25 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-03 15:35 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-03 15:46 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-07-28 20:02 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-07-28 20:42 ` uzibalqa
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