Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?

[BobD]

On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 2:21:07 PM UTC-4, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
> BobD <...> writes:
> 
> > How do I create a variable with local execution scope, i.e. to be
> > known within a function, not to other elisp functions, and regardless
> > of which buffer is local?
> 
> Using let, of course.
> 
> (defun f (x)
>   (let ((y (+ 1 x)))
>     (* 2 y)))
> 
> ...

But of course.
I'm fooling with old elisp that uses "setq" willy-nilly, defying the notational 
structuring with which latter day programmers have been (properly) 
indoctrinated.  If I must, I can wedge some let's into the code.