From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#67734: 30.0.50; Don't mention `set` in the ELisp intro Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:30:45 -0800 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25902"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Stefan Monnier , 67734@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 14 23:31:15 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rDuEd-0006YS-3w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:31:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rDuET-0001ED-FI; 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Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:30:46 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:30:45 -0800 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:276225 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" writes: > The ELisp intro needs to be updated to the world of static scoping. > I haven't really looked at doing that, but the patch below can be > considered as a step in that direction. > In any case, I think it's a good change on its own. > > It removes all mentions of the `set` function. > `set` cannot be used on statically scoped variables and I can't see what > it brings to the reader of the ELisp intro (except maybe for explaining > the "q" in `setq`) to first tell them about `set` only to turn around > and tell them they'll never use it. > > Suggestions for improvements welcome, LGTM. If it's worth doing, it should be worth doing also on emacs-29, I think. Is it worth reflowing the paragraphs before installing though?