From: Decebal <CLDWesterhof@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Function pointer
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:41:17 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1ca52c6e-ca27-4ffe-aa95-27b9bbfebe61@z14g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: pcoy6u3k6ij.fsf@math.ntnu.no
On 14 apr, 10:02, Harald Hanche-Olsen <han...@math.ntnu.no> wrote:
> + Decebal <CLDWester...@gmail.com>:
> > The following works:
> > (a-function)
> > but this does not work:
> > (setq function 'a-function)
> > (function)
> > this gives wrong number of arguments.
>
> Ah. So you're not after pointers, just a means of passing functions
> around. You should be aware, then, that symbols can have two values
> associated with them: The regular value, which is obtained by just using
> the symbol, and the function value, which is consulted if the symbol is
> in the function place of a for. You have assigned the symbol a-function
> to the symbol function above, but that symbol also has a function value,
> which you inadvertently used in the last line.
>
> The elisp manual explains this. Go to node Symbols, then sub-node Symbol
> Components.
>
> 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.
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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 [this message]
2009-04-14 14:37 ` Drew Adams
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