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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Can't M-x compile-defun `edebug' because dynamic variables are falsely taken as lexical.
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:49:15 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv37gy4hx4.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20170104200458.GA2052@acm.fritz.box

> special-variable-p would appear to be a near useless function, since it
> doesn't do what it's name says.

It's useful for the compiler, but it's mostly internal, indeed.

> There appears to be no way of checking whether a variable's binding is
> (or will be) lexical.

In which context do you need/want to do that (I ask because how to do
it (and even if it can be done) depends on the details)?


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-04 21:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-03 14:14 Can't M-x compile-defun `edebug' because dynamic variables are falsely taken as lexical Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-03 18:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-03 21:32   ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-03 21:48     ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-04 13:39       ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-04 15:23         ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-04 20:04           ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-04 21:49             ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2017-01-04 22:02               ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-04 22:26                 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-04 22:44                   ` Drew Adams
2017-01-05 10:54                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2020-02-13 16:42             ` Drew Adams
2020-02-13 20:02               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-02-13 20:43                 ` Drew Adams
2020-02-13 22:09                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-02-14  1:07                     ` Drew Adams
2020-02-14  2:24                       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-02-14 17:25                         ` Drew Adams
2020-02-14 19:19                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-02-17 18:23                           ` Drew Adams
2020-02-13 22:11                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-02-14  1:13                     ` Drew Adams

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