From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: 23.1; (elisp)Anonymous Functions - unclear about #' Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87my50gbtq.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252784510 25912 80.91.229.12 (12 Sep 2009 19:41:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4290@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 12 21:41:42 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MmYTe-00086P-8u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:41:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40505 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmYTd-0004KO-Nh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmYTX-0004Jp-U4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmYTT-0004Go-2L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54126 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmYTS-0004Gk-TJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [206.248.154.183] (port=65098 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmYTS-0007Od-Is for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:30 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuAEAN+Wq0pFpZBe/2dsb2JhbACBU9gShBgFh3Q X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,376,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="45608542" Original-Received: from 69-165-144-94.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.144.94]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 12 Sep 2009 15:39:40 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1F5AE83FD; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:15 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87my50gbtq.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:02:09 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115247 Archived-At: > Thanks for spotting this. > Hmm---is `function' still useful for anything? Well, it's just as useful as ever. I.e. it's useless when you consider that its implementation is the same as `quote', but it's otherwise indispensable (e.g. look at the implementation of the `lambda' macro in subr.el). Stefan