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 19:11:07 -0400 Message-ID: References: <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="4852"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Drew Adams , "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 Thu Jun 03 01:11:45 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 1loa1Z-00014O-8v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 03 Jun 2021 01:11:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41974 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1loa1Y-0001Ob-87 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:11:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44240) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1loa14-0001OP-MR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:11:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:51178) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1loa11-00060g-HZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:11:13 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id D426C4415AA; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 19:11:09 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 7CCD94415A8; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 19:11:08 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1622675468; bh=xL5raLxKY0kFc7xn2xgHZu2KT0TayzAb8Kt4+54JE7M=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=VsSpRZGX+73RkqoH5bH0pK3zD/BdzXwm+gszT6hl0GNWSkj7jfHo8E5F1wXwmSqog ZN80mfW89r4t5AubGjSzNJPi+ZBpV2jFmanOzhJ3D/Wjk2Go7g+GB6HXv+hlIok4nh X8cR5Stg+9z7PwqGOP4LiYTSL0dI9hPeywm8BcF6vSZzQYG7VM2dBwyDCEWLh/qQCQ mdGoX8l93mwcL+giFHX0c5Eu2X73raNJUC+hibEh7nZtaJP9t4ZAF2pFxacsstV6GE Oo/tYyA8D71lpUzBmEiygH6gmsnPsXoJ5gxyw20yaCWbow8Yu2yekHhrkKf+MYQAWN rAwCEDjmEbcFg== Original-Received: from alfajor (69-196-163-239.dsl.teksavvy.com [69.196.163.239]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 43C72120317; Wed, 2 Jun 2021 19:11:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Christopher Dimech's message of "Thu, 3 Jun 2021 00:52:46 +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:130520 Archived-At: > How long will you allow users to move to the new dialect? I don't know. Emacs-24 introduced the new dialect back in 2012. The conversion of Emacs's own ELisp code was just finished a couple months ago, so I expect it'll quite a few more years. > And after that time, the lexical binding declaration would no longer > be necessary, right? That's right. Most likely we'll first have a transition period where the absence of a lexical-binding declaration will trigger a warning. Stefan