From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: about "assignment to free variable"
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:49:53 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv4l9hc3g2.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87imxyylgx.fsf@mugno.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me
> Ok, thanks! so, it was not necessary to assign the return value of
> read-from-minibuffer to backend, because it assigns already the first
> element.
> wright?
More or less. It doesn't really "assign" it. Instead it takes the list
constructed by the EXP in (interactive EXP) and calls the function with
it, as if you had written (apply FUNCTION EXP).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-02-05 21:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-05 7:34 about "assignment to free variable" Michelangelo Rodriguez
2019-02-05 13:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-02-05 15:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-02-05 21:27 ` Michelangelo Rodriguez
2019-02-05 21:49 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2019-02-05 15:05 ` Michelangelo Rodriguez
2019-02-05 15:34 ` Michael Heerdegen
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