[Bug 1610] don't environments behave like a stack? why not say so?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1610


mff@research.att.com changed:

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------- Comment #2 from mff@research.att.com  2006-04-11 22:15 -------
The paragraph immediately following the one below 
already addresses this point:

 <p>Updating an environment creates a copy of the original
      environment and overrides any previous binding that might exist
      for the same name and the same component in that
      environment. Updating the environment is used to capture the
      <emph>scope</emph> of a symbol (e.g., for variables, namespace
      prefixes, etc). For instance, in the following expression</p>

Received on Tuesday, 11 April 2006 22:15:58 UTC