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bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:03:12 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Mattias EngdegÄrd
> <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com>, 66706@debbugs.gnu.org,
> stefankangas@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 22:01:25 -0400
>
> Just to be clear: the long term goal is to eliminate the dynbind
> dialect, or at least make it be an opt-in that requires taking extra
> steps, such as adding a cookie to the file, whereas the lexbind dialect
> should be the default. Not because dynbind is evil. Not because it
> imposes an undue burden on the implementation.
> But because having two dialects imposes an undue burden on our users.
> Those who read all the docs may not care, but all the others are
> vulnerable to the usual "I copied the code from that webpage and it
> doesn't work" because the code on that webpage used the other dialect.
>
> So the question is how to move from here to there in the least
> painful way and I believe that inserting this cookie by default is a step
> that will make this transition less painful.
I thought we already decided on that: we should make lexical-binding
the default at some point. Until then, I see no reason why the
prominent indication on the mode line should not be enough.
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, (continued)
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Po Lu, 2023/10/24
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Po Lu, 2023/10/24
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Stefan Monnier, 2023/10/24
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Po Lu, 2023/10/24
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Stefan Monnier, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Dmitry Gutov, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Po Lu, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Stefan Monnier, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Po Lu, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Dmitry Gutov, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Po Lu, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Dmitry Gutov, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Jim Porter, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Po Lu, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Stefan Monnier, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Jim Porter, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Po Lu, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Jim Porter, 2023/10/25
- bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion, Jim Porter, 2023/10/26