Re: variable's documentation string

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

TheFlyingDutchman <zzbbaadd@aol.com> writes:

>>
>> That's not the way Lisp works.  When the form 'some_variable was read,
>> the symbol was created (with a void value, void function, and nil
>> property list).
>>
>> If you evaluate (symbol-value 'some_variable) or (symbol-function
>> 'some_variable), you'll get an error.  But not (symbol-plist
>> 'some_variable).
>>
>
> Thanks Kevin. That certainly is "interesting" behavior. Not what I
> would prefer. Is there a way to test that a symbols value and function
> are void without getting an error?

boundp and fboundp.

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__Pascal Bourguignon__