On 03/17/2017 12:07 PM, Stephane Chazelas wrote: > Dan is describing what I can only explain as a bug or at least a > very surprising feature:
The way Chet has described it in the past it sounded like an intentional compromise to make outer scopes accessible without the also possibly surprising interaction with outer scopes (which may be unpredictable thanks to dynamic scope). But yes it isn't what you'd guess. It should be documented at least.