Re: Programmatically creating functions

[aartist <aartist@gmail.com>]

Do you think that skeleton or macro can help?

On Oct 21, 1:26 pm, Ian Eure <i...@digg.com> wrote:
> So, I have a list of symbols:
>
> '(foo bar baz)
>
> I want to iterate over the list and create a function from each which  
> does something like this:
>
> (defun call-foo ()
>    (interactive)
>    (invoke-stuff 'foo)
>
> How can I accomplish this? I can't figure out how to create the  
> function. I've tried a number of approaches, but have not met with  
> success.
>
>   - eval'ing the defun. Returns a function symbol, but I can't call  
> it. Maybe it's only created within the scope of the (eval) and not  
> callable from outside?
>
>   - Creating a symbol and using fset to assign a lambda to it's  
> function cell. It sort of works, but I'm unclear on how to pass a  
> variable function name to defun, nor am I clear on how I can make sure  
> it calls invoke-stuff with the right symbol.
>
> Help?
>
>   - Ian