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: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:27:50 -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 1204486098 8450 80.91.229.12 (2 Mar 2008 19:28:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:28:18 +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 Sun Mar 02 20:28:44 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 1JVtrN-0006Z1-Sd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:28:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JVtqq-0003hI-Qq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:28:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JVtqm-0003f6-K2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:27:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JVtql-0003cp-4F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:27:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JVtqk-0003cT-U3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:27:54 -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 1JVtqh-00009F-A4; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:27:51 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CABeOykdMCrW2/2dsb2JhbACrGoEA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,435,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="15462703" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 02 Mar 2008 14:27:50 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.181.182]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id IWD80250; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:27:50 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 702508279; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:27:50 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:25:13 -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:91094 Archived-At: > The recent bytecomp bug, fixed (mostly) by renaming some local > variables, gives an argument for installing the lexbind branch. > The main issues about it are > (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. > (2) What packages will break? Hopefully none since the lexbind branch only uses lexical-binding when the code asks for it. Stefan