From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Elisp Tutorial dumb question -- but I thought I better doublecheck ?? Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:43:05 +1000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <873b2owugm.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <87fy6pvv3u.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177504517 469 80.91.229.12 (25 Apr 2007 12:35:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:35:17 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 25 14:35:16 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HggiJ-0003Aa-CY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:35:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hggnv-00010q-KW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:41:03 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.astraweb.com!router1.astraweb.com!sn-xt-sjc-04!sn-xt-sjc-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:jXlg7AwkozFqdj+pltGqqsExrVc= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 21 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:147567 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:43170 Archived-At: Maciej Katafiasz writes: > Den Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:14:29 +1000 skrev Tim X: > >> the 'interactive' function is also rarely seen in a lambda for the same >> reasons. > > Well, it's not that rare, especially in packages that perform more complex > command foo. Lambda is a good way to bind a function taking arguments with > some values pre-defined, essentially currying the function into one with > less arguments. > True, I probably should not have used rarely, but rather 'less frequently seen'. While I've seen it used in this type of situation and others, I've not seen it that often. Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au