Re: Proper use of function form

[Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>]

On 4/26/20 4:48 PM, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 at 19:27, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> (setq my-keypairs '("h" my-h-func "g" my-g-func "f" my-f-func))
>>
>> and using iteration to *programmatically* call define-key for multiple
>> key definitions as in
>>
>> (define-key mymap                               ;; add to keymap
>>       (kbd (concat ldr (nth ndx mylist)))    ;; sequence as in "g"
>>       (nth (+ ndx 1) mylist))                      ;; command as in my-g-func
>>
>> The form above is indeed a snippet from a defun that I have used for years
>>
>> Would it be better to change (nth (+ ndx 1) mylist) to (function (nth (+
>> ndx 1) mylist)) ?
> No, you would put the function in the `my-keypairs' initializer:
>
> (setq my-keypairs `("h" ,#'my-h-func "g" ,#'my-g-func "f" ,#'my-func))
>
> I usually don't bother sharp-quoting in lists of functions though.
>
Wow! I had been thinking of that myself, but not fully understanding how 
symbols are evaluated in descending layers in sexps, this is a great 
second opinion.

Thank you Noam.

... and keep 'em coming

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Tim
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