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Re: [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)'
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John Kitchin |
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Re: [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)' stands for? |
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Tue, 09 Feb 2016 13:59:51 -0500 |
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I guess it is a required signature for the function (i.e. some other
function will call it with some argument), and _ indicates it is not
used in the body. If you were to give it the arg a name, then checkdoc
would complain about it not being in the docstring.
Thorsten Jolitz writes:
> Hi List,
> just out of curiosity, a few functions in org-element.el contain _ in
> their parameter list, but its not used in the body.
> What does it stand for?
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- [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)' stands for?, Thorsten Jolitz, 2016/02/09
- Re: [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)' stands for?,
John Kitchin <=
- Re: [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)' stands for?, Thorsten Jolitz, 2016/02/10
- Re: [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)' stands for?, John Kitchin, 2016/02/10
- Re: [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)' stands for?, Thorsten Jolitz, 2016/02/11
- Re: [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)' stands for?, John Kitchin, 2016/02/11
- Re: [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)' stands for?, Nick Dokos, 2016/02/11
- Re: [O] What does the _ in `(defun org-element-section-parser (_) ...)' stands for?, John Kitchin, 2016/02/14