Re: Understanding the "let" construct and the setting of variables

[Emanuel Berg]

steve-humphreys wrote:

> Let's introspect two questions.
>
> 1. In what simple circumstances would one use a "setq" in
>    the body of a let?

When one wants to change a global variable that already exists
outside of the function.

Try to avoid this situation altogether but if it is there, it
is there I guess, and sure, you can set it with `setq' to
whatever you want :)

> 2. What simple option does one have that is more
>    advantageous than using a "setq"?

Use `let' and/or `let*' for everything else...

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