From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8460: 24.0.50; Doc string of `lexical-binding' Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:38:01 -0400 Message-ID: References: <17D4B6B946FD4F9EB9FF1E76E746E68D@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310996374 9207 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2011 13:39:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8460@debbugs.gnu.org, 'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen' To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 18 15:39:30 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qio2j-000268-LV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:39:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48707 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qio2i-00074s-CC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:39:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44429) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qio2N-000742-4l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:39:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qio2J-0007cl-8x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44278) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qio2I-0007cf-Up for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:39:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qio2H-0003QX-VW; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:39:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:39:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8460 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8460-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8460.131099629013115 (code B ref 8460); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:39:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8460) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Jul 2011 13:38:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qio1S-0003PU-6y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:38:10 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qio1Q-0003PJ-I5 for 8460@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:38:09 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAB42JE5MCqt8/2dsb2JhbABUp3N4iHzCEoY8BJ8nhDA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,222,1309752000"; d="scan'208";a="126488962" Original-Received: from 76-10-171-124.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([76.10.171.124]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 18 Jul 2011 09:38:02 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 00CB56660D; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:38:01 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:19:39 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:39:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:49392 Archived-At: > The problem is this: We say that it "applies to" a certain number of cases. > That begs the question, "What does it _not_ apply to?" > IOW, why don't we just say this? > "Non-nil means use lexical binding when evaluating code." We could indeed. Tho I think a better docstring could be: Non-nil means that the code in the current buffer should be evaluated with lexical binding. -- Stefan