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bug#4290: 23.1; (elisp)Anonymous Functions - unclear about #'
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#4290: 23.1; (elisp)Anonymous Functions - unclear about #' |
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Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:15 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Thanks for spotting this.
> Hmm---is `function' still useful for anything?
Well, it's just as useful as ever. I.e. it's useless when you consider
that its implementation is the same as `quote', but it's otherwise
indispensable (e.g. look at the implementation of the `lambda' macro in
subr.el).
Stefan