GNU bug report logs - #15849
24.3.50; lexical-binding in first line ugly

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 07:26:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 10605, 20640

Found in versions 24.3.50, 24.5

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50; lexical-binding in first line ugly
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:25:11 +0100

Emacs doesn't let be put the lexical-binding: t at the end of the file.
The manual says in (elisp)Lexical Binding:

  "Note that unlike other such variables, this one must be set in the
   first line of a file."

But in (elisp)Library Headers it says this:

     The very first line should have this format:
  
       ;;; FILENAME --- DESCRIPTION
  
  The description should be contained in one line.  If the file needs a
  `-*-' specification, put it after DESCRIPTION.  If this would make the
  first line too long, use a Local Variables section at the end of the
  file.

Clearly the manual contradicts itself.  My first line is already full
and putting the lexical-binding marker there is just plain ugly.  Please
provide another way to specify lexical binding. Something like a
declaration (IMO, the Right Thing):

  (declaim (lexical-binding t))

or some magic comment like

  ;;;###lexical-binding

that doesn't need to be in the first line.
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 15849 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15849: 24.3.50; lexical-binding in first line ugly
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:16:46 -0500

Helmut Eller wrote:

> Please provide another way to specify lexical binding.

Dupe of http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10605
Forcibly Merged 10605 15849. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:18:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 10605 15849 20640. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 24 May 2015 23:20:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'minor' Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 27 May 2015 03:23:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) wontfix. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 27 May 2015 03:23:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 10605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 23 Aug 2019 05:32:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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