From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: lexbind Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204580648 17580 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2008 21:44:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:44:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 03 22:44:34 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JWISW-0003oz-SO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:44:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIRz-0003jj-Gt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIRc-0003bb-KL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIRa-0003aJ-Ig for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIRa-0003a6-7v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:34 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWIRW-0002gR-4H; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:30 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAGcAzEfO+LKX/2dsb2JhbACtbYEA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,440,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="15515563" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 03 Mar 2008 16:43:22 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.178.151]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id JYU59822; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:22 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 51A488279; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:43:22 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:26:44 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91232 Archived-At: >> (1) What are good ways to declare certain variables dynamic? > `defvar' is the standard way to do that. CL offers ways to do it inside > `declare' macro calls, but I don't think it's an important refinement. > I am not sure `defvar' is enough. The reason is that using it to fix > existing packages may require renaming. Yes, it may require renaming. It's usually not a big deal, tho. >> (2) What packages will break? > Hopefully none since the lexbind branch only uses lexical-binding when > the code asks for it. > I did not realize that. In that case, installing it won't break > anything. Modulo bugs, of course, Stefan