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  10 This file is about changes in the Emacs "lexbind" branch.
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  13 * Lisp changes in Emacs 23.1
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  15 ** The `lexical-binding' lets code use lexical scoping for local variables.
  16 It is typically set via file-local variables, in which case it applies to
  17 all the code in that file.
  18
  19 ** Lexically scoped interpreted functions are represented with a new form
  20 of function value which looks like (closure ENV lambda ARGS &rest BODY).
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