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Re: Can't M-x compile-defun `edebug' because dynamic variables are false


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Can't M-x compile-defun `edebug' because dynamic variables are falsely taken as lexical.
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:11:25 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> Sorry, but I really don't understand what is meant
> by what you wrote.  I also don't understand the
> implication, "since this is a function".
>               ^^^^^

A function cannot access the lexical scope of its caller, so a function
cannot know if variable FOO is special in the caller's scope.


        Stefan




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