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Here's a simple example from the manual:

;; Here the symbol ‘abracadabra’
;;   is the symbol whose value is examined.
(let ((abracadabra 'foo))
  (symbol-value 'abracadabra))
⇒ foo

Why does this throw an error with lexical binding? The variable is bound in the let, isn't it?

Emacs 26.2

Tom
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  • Which is to say (and unlike dynamic variables), lexical values are *not* stored in the value slot of the associated symbol. – phils Jul 12 '20 at 20:10
  • Yes, thanks. The manual also describes this, but in a way that skimming over it I thought if the variable has no lexical value then it falls back to the dynamically bound value. – Tom Jul 12 '20 at 20:11

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