Re: How to discard return value of a function?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <88a339ab-f737-40d1-8f3a-7cd6b66c585e@googlegroups.com>,
 jpkotta <jpkotta@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday, August 19, 2012 4:52:21 AM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
> > (progn (YOURFUNCTION ...) nil)
>
> You can also use advice, but (progn ... nil) is probably preferable.
> 
> (defun foo ()
>   (interactive)
>   t)
> 
> (defadvice foo (after modify-return-value activate)
>   (setq ad-return-value nil))

If he advised search-forward to return nil, that would break lots of 
other things.  He just wants to ignore the return value in one 
particular place where he calls it.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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