Re: [PATCH] Fix (letrec ((ignore)))

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

> Just as a matter of interest,
>    (let ((foo) ... ) ...)
> is accepted by the interpreter and byte compiler, binding foo to nil.

In the spirit of our recent clarifications, I think it should also be made an
error, rather than an implicit binding to nil.

I have a feeling there are still many more places where this behavior exists,
and we are just beginning to scratch the surface.  For example:

    (dolist ((i)) (message "Hello"))

Is also accepted as a "do nothing" block, when it should give an error about a
missing value.

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