From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: master b2e2128: Use lexical-binding in webjump.el and add tests
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 14:40:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877dx8rtcu.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvwo592b9k.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 18 May 2020 17:18:38 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> (put 'pascal 'math-radix-formatter
>> (function (lambda (r s)
>> (if (= r 16) (format "$%s" s)
>> (format "%d#%s" r s)))))
>>
>> Does the `function' here have any meaning, or is it superfluous?
>
> It has the same meaning in both cases: in both cases (function (lambda ...))
> is an argument to a function (`sort` in the first case and `put` in the
> second).
The English language changes so quickly these days! That's an entirely
new way of spelling "`function' here has no meaning, and it's
superfluous", I guess.
Anyway, I guess that means that somebody who wants do some cleaning up
has a new thing to grep for.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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2020-05-18 19:40 ` master b2e2128: Use lexical-binding in webjump.el and add tests Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-05-18 20:23 ` Noam Postavsky
2020-05-18 21:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-19 12:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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