From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Decebal'" <CLDWesterhof@gmail.com>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Function pointer
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:37:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000601c9bd0e$973255e0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1ca52c6e-ca27-4ffe-aa95-27b9bbfebe61@z14g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>
> > > (function)
> > > this gives wrong number of arguments.
...
> > The very short answer to your question: Use funcall, as in
> > (funcall function)
>
> Works likes a charm. Now I have the tools to build the 'little'
> functionality I wanted. Thanks.
BTW, the reason the error message complained about the wrong number of args is
that `function' is an existing special form - `C-h f function':
,----
| function is a special form in `C source code'.
|
| (function arg)
|
| Like `quote', but preferred for objects which are functions.
| In byte compilation, `function' causes its argument to be compiled.
| `quote' cannot do that.
`----
"Function" (special form) `function' expects one argument, and you gave it zero
args.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-14 14:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-14 7:20 Function pointer Decebal
2009-04-14 8:02 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2009-04-14 8:41 ` Decebal
2009-04-14 14:37 ` Drew Adams [this message]
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