From 1dfc497fac22c199a944ef64233266bd6cd2fee6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 11:53:47 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Minor wording change in Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp * doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Prevent confusion): Mention that dynamic scoping is only the default in Emacs Lisp, not the only scoping rule. (Bug#40594) --- doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi index 9e23f055f53..bd688070a3a 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @@ -3667,7 +3667,8 @@ automatically undone when the @code{let} is finished. The setting only affects expressions that are inside the bounds of the @code{let} expression. In computer science jargon, we would say the binding of a symbol is visible only in functions called in the @code{let} form; -in Emacs Lisp, scoping is dynamic, not lexical. +in Emacs Lisp, the default scoping is dynamic, not lexical. (The +non-default lexical binding is not discussed in this manual.) @code{let} can create more than one variable at once. Also, @code{let} gives each variable it creates an initial value, either a -- 2.39.2