Re: 24.3.50; Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form

[Stefan Monnier]

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> byte compilation now warns
> .emacs.el:46:39:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
> .emacs.el:46:39:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
> .emacs.el:46:39:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
> .emacs.el:46:39:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
> .emacs.el:1255:20:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
> .emacs.el:1259:43:Warning: Use of deprecated ((lambda ...) ...) form
> for forms like
> (eval-and-compile (defvar ...))

Oh, sorry I forgot one hunk.  Should be fixed now.

> why is ((lambda ...) ...) deprecated?

Why not?

> this is one of the oldest lisp constructs!

Old doesn't make it good.  If you want to bind local variables, you know
where to find `let', don't you?

> If it is to be deprecated, then the macros above must be modified so
> that their compilation does not warn.

Actually, the problem was much deeper than in those macros.  But yes, it
needs to be fixed.


        Stefan