bug#24959: 26.0.50; cancel-timer: void-variable timer

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Oleg Sivokon <oleg.sivokon@elastifile.com> writes:

> (defun tesla-do-containers (command &optional need-refresh output)
>   (let (temp-buffs timer)

[...]

>         (setq timer
>               (run-at-time
>                1 1
>                (lambda (output buffs)

[...]

>                        (cancel-timer timer))

This can't work.  You're setting a locally bound variable, and then
you're running the lambda in a different context afterwards.

Start using lexical bindings, and it'll work.

In any case, this doesn't look like an Emacs bug, and I'm closing this
bug report.

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