Re: [BUG] Can't export variable named "nil" to Texinfo

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Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> It happens to be that :options nil is treated specially by Org
> export. "nil" is not read literally, but is instead interpreted as
> removing the option value - when one needs to combine multiple
> attributes and override previous setting.

I see. I didn't know about "combining attributes", but I guess that
makes sense.

> In theory, we may fix this edge case just for ox-texinfo. But is it
> worth it?

I am not sure if it's worth fixing, specially since I don't know any
possible alternatives apart from using another keyword for specifying
this "attribute combination" (again, not sure how that works). Either
way, modifying existing behavior doesn't sound too good to me, specially
considering the amount of "nil" variables :)

> Do you _really_ have variable name "nil"?

Yes, I was not looking for this error, I didn't even know why it
happened before you told me. I am using Org to write the manual for my
Lisp interpreter, and I am exporting it to Texinfo. I wanted to explain
how `nil' works, and when it's used.

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