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Subject: Re: how to print an elisp function
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Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com> writes:

> How can I print an elisp function?
>
> (print some-func) returns an error, void-variable some-func.
> How do I tell it to print the function assigned to some-func?

Then why don't you define that variable?

    (let ((some-func (function sin)))
      (print some-func))


Or define a function:

    (defun some-func (x) (1+ x))
    (print (function some-func))


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