From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: funcallable-p?
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:05:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvwsvhk4i1.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICCEAMDPAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat\, 25 Aug 2007 23\:01\:32 -0700")
>> > What's a good way to test the first argument to `funcall' or `apply', to
>> > ensure that it is appropriate?
>>
>> `functionp'
>>
>> > `functionp' won't do it, because it allows special forms and macros.
>>
>> If it does it's a bug: please report it with a precise test case.
> That's the impression I got from 1) the doc and 2) (functionp 'and) -> t,
> (funcall 'and t) -> Invalid function: and.
> Elisp manual: "This function returns `t' if OBJECT is any kind of function,
> or a special form, or, recursively, a symbol whose function definition is a
> function or special form. (This does not include macros.)"
Indeed you're right. I think it's an error in functionp.
Please report it via M-x report-emacs-bug.
Stefan
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2007-08-26 5:07 ` funcallable-p? Stefan Monnier
2007-08-26 6:01 ` funcallable-p? Drew Adams
2007-08-27 4:05 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2007-08-27 5:11 ` funcallable-p? Drew Adams
2007-08-27 13:55 ` funcallable-p? Stefan Monnier
2007-08-27 14:41 ` funcallable-p? Drew Adams
2007-08-27 20:08 ` funcallable-p? Stefan Monnier
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2007-08-26 10:53 ` funcallable-p? Daniel Jensen
2007-08-26 13:08 ` funcallable-p? Pascal Bourguignon
2007-08-26 14:32 ` funcallable-p? Daniel Jensen
2007-08-27 10:16 ` funcallable-p? Pascal Bourguignon
2007-08-26 14:43 ` funcallable-p? Drew Adams
2007-08-26 22:44 ` funcallable-p? Johan Bockgård
2007-08-27 0:03 ` funcallable-p? Drew Adams
2007-08-27 3:20 ` funcallable-p? Eli Zaretskii
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2007-08-27 18:04 ` funcallable-p? Johan Bockgård
2007-08-26 0:40 funcallable-p? Drew Adams
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