Re: lexical-binding rationale?

[Alan Mackenzie]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 01:50:33PM -0500, Dave Abrahams wrote:

> on Thu Jan 12 2012, Alan Mackenzie <acm-AT-muc.de> wrote:

> > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:47:35AM -0500, Dave Abrahams wrote:

> > Request for clarification:

> >> I'm sure this has been discussed to death, so please feel free to
> >> respond with a link, but... can anyone point me to a rationale for
> >> dynamically altering such a fundamental language behavior on the
> >> basis of a variable's value?

> > What, exactly does "dynamically altering" mean?

> Sorry, that's a very dangerous term developed in secret at the
> U.S. Department of Redundancy Department.

> Let's just say, "altering"

> > What is the "fundamental language behaviour" which is being/to be
> > dynamically altered.  
> > What precise relationship has been abstracted to "on the basis of"?
> > Which "variable's value" is meant here.

> My understanding is that Emacs is using a buffer-local variable called
> `lexical-binding' to determine whether variable bindings shall be
> dynamic or lexical.

OK, got you now!  Thanks.

> -- 
> Dave Abrahams

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).