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Minor wording change in Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp

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* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Prevent confusion): Mention
that dynamic scoping is only the default in Emacs Lisp, not the
only scoping rule.  (Bug#40594)
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@ -3667,7 +3667,8 @@ automatically undone when the @code{let} is finished. The setting
only affects expressions that are inside the bounds of the @code{let}
expression. In computer science jargon, we would say the binding of
a symbol is visible only in functions called in the @code{let} form;
in Emacs Lisp, scoping is dynamic, not lexical.
in Emacs Lisp, the default scoping is dynamic, not lexical. (The
non-default lexical binding is not discussed in this manual.)
@code{let} can create more than one variable at once. Also,
@code{let} gives each variable it creates an initial value, either a