From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [External] : Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar' Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:09:49 -0400 Message-ID: References: <871r9ly7v3.fsf@web.de> <87r1hlw6pn.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27652"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Christopher Dimech Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 02 15:10:35 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1loQdn-0006wY-CF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:10:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37464 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1loQdl-0006Dd-61 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:10:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:32888) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1loQdA-0006Bn-EM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:09:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:24161) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1loQd8-0001lO-87 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:09:55 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 5AF6A806A5; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 09:09:52 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 1288D80695; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 09:09:51 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1622639391; bh=1cisocmWjEdaeFBi7IUu3CsyMby9jZrmO4HHZTSbqzc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=ESHLX9Ir7vmsTkpZosyNiliwTZKZlvrxZOBzNiRwihyrUi+T6lM83YxNiTkIBVwR5 t+MNQqe2UbK7SsfW+R0HzGnEIUTwoAu6aFKCquvjgEmUnNJTgqcj+1xJDZ1B3459Sa TvMBmXXlK520V535Cuyer7jm4VFEiF7Wep0dFYrZFyiILWRjNzTPlR5BZxZLg4qhTQ E+rw8zsynmWgBKURfH/QNUMuX9gPWRemhkzSBhVuhudXc7+A6dONISdXCBKREdwh+M I7wI9EKMVniNrNzzVdx4oNyI9ODauFPKVUm+Vaql1bjIM3j10iqq8kFt/njshGyzfM V+Kr/oz1h6qkw== Original-Received: from alfajor (69-196-163-239.dsl.teksavvy.com [69.196.163.239]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF08A120151; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 09:09:50 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Christopher Dimech's message of "Wed, 2 Jun 2021 06:55:30 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130497 Archived-At: > Then, ultimately, there will not be any dynamic binding? Not at all: the old dialect is called "dynamically bound" because its most recognizable property is that it offers only dynamic binding, whereas the new dialect has both. > From my point of view, the docstring should have nothing to do with > either dynamic or lexical binding. No, but it's a new language feature, so it makes sense that you need to use the new dialect for it be available. > And that lexical binding would become default, but not yet. The "default" is largely irrelevant: you get to choose for every ELisp file which dialect it uses. Have you tried to click on that "/d"? Stefan