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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: run-with-timer does not display message
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:08:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvpph1e0qt.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 83bnsl5pxo.fsf@gnu.org

> I don't think Stefan meant backtick-type of quoting.  He meant this:

>> M-: (run-with-timer 5 nil '(lambda () (message "hello")))
>                             ^^^^^^^^

Indeed.  Of course, it's also good to avoid backquoting lambdas
(typically by using lexical-binding instead), but I'm focusing on trying
to kill the nasty '(lambda ...) habit that people keep reproducing all
over the place because it appears in so many examples.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-19 17:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-15 13:47 run-with-timer does not display message Matthias Pfeifer
2014-07-15 13:53 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-07-18 16:26   ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]   ` <mailman.5631.1405701027.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-18 21:34     ` Emanuel Berg
2014-07-19 15:09       ` Sebastian Wiesner
2014-07-19 15:27         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-07-19 17:08           ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-07-19 18:04             ` Drew Adams
     [not found]           ` <mailman.5702.1405789759.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-19 17:43             ` Emanuel Berg
2014-07-19 18:12               ` Stefan Monnier
2014-07-19 20:06                 ` Lexical and Dynamic Scope Robert Thorpe
2014-07-20 12:15               ` run-with-timer does not display message Sebastian Wiesner
2014-07-21 13:26                 ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]               ` <mailman.5708.1405793578.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-20 19:27                 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-07-21 13:29                   ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]                   ` <mailman.5813.1405950328.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-21 22:17                     ` Emanuel Berg
2014-07-24  8:25                       ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]               ` <mailman.5754.1405858540.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-20 19:37                 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-07-20 20:11                   ` Drew Adams
2014-07-20 21:28                 ` dynamic and lexical scope, attempted summary with example (was: Re: run-with-timer does not display message) Emanuel Berg
2014-07-21  4:44                   ` dynamic and lexical scope, attempted summary with example Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-07-21  6:36                     ` Thorsten Jolitz
     [not found]                     ` <mailman.5796.1405924598.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-21 14:08                       ` Emanuel Berg
2014-07-21  9:23                   ` Michael Heerdegen
     [not found]                   ` <mailman.5792.1405917701.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-21 13:36                     ` Emanuel Berg
2014-07-21 17:07                       ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
     [not found]                       ` <mailman.5826.1405962249.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-21 22:11                         ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]                   ` <mailman.5805.1405934637.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-21 14:02                     ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]       ` <mailman.5686.1405782584.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-19 17:49         ` run-with-timer does not display message Emanuel Berg
     [not found] ` <mailman.5455.1405432451.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-15 15:35   ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found] <mailman.5454.1405432029.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-15 14:34 ` Joost Kremers
2014-07-15 15:18   ` jduthen
2014-07-15 15:20     ` Joost Kremers
2014-07-15 15:40       ` Drew Adams
     [not found]       ` <mailman.5461.1405438875.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-15 15:52         ` Joost Kremers
2014-07-15 15:57           ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]           ` <mailman.5463.1405440423.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-15 16:07             ` Emanuel Berg
2014-07-15 16:12             ` Joost Kremers
     [not found]               ` <mailman.5466.1405442248.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-07-16  1:12                 ` Joost Kremers
2014-07-17 10:03                   ` Matthias Pfeifer
     [not found]             ` <<slrnlsakmh.a5k.joost.m.kremers@j.kremers4.news.arnhem.chello.nl>
2014-07-15 16:37               ` Drew Adams
     [not found]         ` <<slrnlsaji8.a5k.joost.m.kremers@j.kremers4.news.arnhem.chello.nl>
2014-07-15 16:06           ` Drew Adams

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