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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2020-04-13 09:02:29 -0700
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@@ -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