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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, raman@google.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Commands, term "closure" and online help
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:17:46 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86v84ik3bp.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26141.19574.948512.394768@retriever.mtv.corp.google.com> (raman@google.com)

> From: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:49:10 -0700
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
>     raman@google.com,
>     emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> I dont have native compile turned on.
> 
> I slightly mispoke earlier, non-interactive functions appear to be
> described as closure, not sure if that is always the case.

I don't see that, either, at least not with a random function I tried:

  file-truename is a compiled-function in ‘files.el’.

This is in a build without native compilation.

> emacspeak is called a compiled function, however if you eval the
> function with C-x C-e while developing it gets called  a compiled
> closure.

Ah, now you are talking!  Indeed, functions defined with C-x C-e are
described as closures.  What would you like to see instead?
interpreted-function, perhaps?



      reply	other threads:[~2024-04-15 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-15 14:51 Commands, term "closure" and online help T.V Raman
2024-04-15 14:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-15 15:09   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-15 15:49     ` T.V Raman
2024-04-15 16:17       ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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