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diff --git a/etc/NEWS.lexbind b/etc/NEWS.lexbind index 372ee6827cf..bcb56c313f8 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS.lexbind +++ b/etc/NEWS.lexbind @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 +Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of the file for license conditions. @@ -12,21 +12,12 @@ This file is about changes in the Emacs "lexbind" branch. * Lisp changes in Emacs 23.1 -** New `function vector' type, including function currying -The `function vector', or `funvec' type extends the old -byte-compiled-function vector type to have other uses as well, and -includes existing byte-compiled functions as a special case. The kind -of funvec is determined by the first element: a list is a byte-compiled -function, and a non-nil atom is one of the new extended uses, currently -`curry' for curried functions. See the node `Funvec Type' in the Emacs -Lisp Reference Manual for more information. - -*** New function curry allows constructing `curried functions' -(see the node `Function Currying' in the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual). - -*** New functions funvec and funvecp allow primitive access to funvecs - +** The `lexical-binding' lets code use lexical scoping for local variables. +It is typically set via file-local variables, in which case it applies to +all the code in that file. +** Lexically scoped interpreted functions are represented with a new form +of function value which looks like (closure ENV lambda ARGS &rest BODY). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This file is part of GNU Emacs. |