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

[Emanuel Berg]

Joost Kremers wrote:

> Not sure I understand the question. With `setq`, two things
> can happen: either there is already a binding for the
> variable, in which case `setq` updates the binding (assigns
> a new value to the existing variable), or there is no such
> binding (i.e., the variable doesn't exist), and in that case
> the variable is created.

That's right, so use `setq' to create and manipulate global
variables; inside functions, use `let/let*'.

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