Re: Emacs variables (was: Bug in eval-string?)

[Marius Vollmer]

Matthias Koeppe <address@hidden> writes:

> The point is that Emacs Lisp's dynamically-binding LET binds a
> _symbol_ to a fresh _location_ in its dynamic environment.  This is
> semantically very different from a value-swapping FLUID-LET (in a
> multithreaded environment), no matter to which generalized location
> FLUID-LET is applied.  This is not simply about the "exposition of
> Emacs variables to Scheme".  It's about the implementation of dynamic
> scoping in a multithreaded environment.

I see now, thanks.  I will have to think about this some more...

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