"rgb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>From what you've said (and experiments point to you being correct), no > one should ever use put, fset, setplist etc on any symbol whose origin > might be let or let* since the resulting behavior would apparently be > undefined (as evidenced by the example in my previous post). > > Hence, a bug waiting to happen.
but it only waits for those who don't understand the computation model, in which case, it is the return to understanding from mis-understanding that is waiting to happen. whether or not that is a bug depends on your reliance on the (mis-)understood model. here, you need to look into and grok a bit more on what precisely is a symbol, and not just how it (or what you think of it) behaves in a certain *scratch* buffer. experimentation can show you the color of the plant, but only in the light of the day. the way to avoid the incessant debate between pure theoreticians and pure empiricists is to synthesize their approaches. (if you do not wish to avoid it, that's fine, too.) thi _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
