From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18059: 24.3.92; defvar and special variables Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:43:32 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ha2c7lxy.fsf@web.de> <87inb4bbse.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <873727bkud.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87efloa000.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87fu5y53w5.fsf@gmail.com> <87371xlpmw.fsf@web.de> <87a7w2m1cb.fsf@web.de> <874lm7u554.fsf@web.de> <878tb72zgl.fsf@gmail.com> <87vaeazw77.fsf@web.de> <87tvts11n8.fsf@gmail.com> <87muzhsh8a.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1520602933 16452 195.159.176.226 (9 Mar 2018 13:42:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 13:42:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 18059@debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 09 14:42:08 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1euIHe-00046d-LD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:42:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45376 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1euIJh-00071c-6u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:44:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50567) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1euIJZ-00070V-Qa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:44:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1euIJW-0003Cg-Mw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:44:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43979) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1euIJW-0003Ca-Jk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:44:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1euIJW-0006g4-DF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:44:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:44:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18059 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 18059-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18059.152060301625624 (code B ref 18059); Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:44:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18059) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Mar 2018 13:43:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51876 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1euIJ6-0006fE-56 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:43:36 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:55515) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1euIJ4-0006f7-Sh for 18059@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:43:35 -0500 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id w29DhXD1024891; Fri, 9 Mar 2018 08:43:33 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0B74F66BDF; Fri, 9 Mar 2018 08:43:33 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87muzhsh8a.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Fri, 09 Mar 2018 10:58:29 +0100") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6239=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6239> : inlines <6474> : streams <1780894> : uri <2605025> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:144070 Archived-At: >> dynamically bound, until the current lexical environment ends, or >> file if at top-level.) > Sounds ok. I don't have any better wording. I think the term to use here might be "lexical scope" rather than "lexical environment" [ usually, an "environment" refers to a list of bindings, whereas "scope" refers to an area of the program. ] Stefan