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>>>>> "os" == Oliver Scholz writes:
os> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: [...]
>> However, it has some peculiarities that many people find
>> disconcerting. For instance -- all variables have dynamic scope,
>> which is somewhat unusual these days.
os> [...]
os> AFAIK Miles Bader is working on a branch (“lexbind”) where he's
os> implementing lexical scoping. But I have not found the time to
os> check it out, yet, and I hope I don't spread misinformation. I
os> hope that will get us closures, too.
I thought that CL already implemented lexical binding? At least within
a let form (or "lexical-let").
If emacs just went to using lexical binding in the large, I suspect
that it would cause lots of problems with existing packages. I have
used dynamic scoping to achieve ends in the past, which might be a bit
nasty, but it does work!
Cheers
Phil