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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
Cc: ndokos@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar'
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 01:08:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-e11b2559-8030-46da-8e43-b4ce2d01fe73-1622588880273@3c-app-mailcom-bs03> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8735u18c5k.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com>


> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2021 at 10:15 AM
> From: "Robert Thorpe" <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: ndokos@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar'
>
> I tried this example out.  In a emacs-lisp-mode buffer I put the following:
>
> (setq lexical-binding t)
>
> (defvar my-doc "foobar")
>
> (defun my-fun (x)
>   (:documentation my-doc)
>   (+ x 42))
>
> I evaluated each of them in turn.  After that when I do C-h f on my-fun
> I get "foobar".  What is a little strange is that Emacs tells me that
> my-fun is a "Lisp closure".
>
> If I *don't* have the first line (the lexical-binding one) then this
> doesn't work.  In that case C-h f tells me that my-fun is a "Lisp
> function" and has no documentation.

Correct

> BR,
> Robert Thorpe
>



  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-01 23:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-31 23:00 Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar' ludvig-faddeev
2021-05-31 23:11 ` 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE
2021-05-31 23:13 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-31 23:32   ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-05-31 23:43     ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01  0:14   ` 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE
2021-06-01  0:23     ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01  0:35       ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01  0:40       ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01  1:00         ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01  1:07         ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01  1:28           ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01  1:33             ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 13:39               ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 16:31                 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 22:44                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01  3:26   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01  5:19     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 14:31       ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 14:41         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 15:01           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-06-01 15:05             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 15:38               ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01 18:20                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 18:25                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-01 18:33                     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02  2:53                   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-02 22:46                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-02 22:56                     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03  6:52                       ` Jean Louis
2021-06-03  7:23                         ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-06-03  9:19                           ` Jean Louis
2021-06-03 14:17                             ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-06-02 15:59                 ` FW: " Drew Adams
2021-06-02 16:19                   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 17:24                     ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 18:14                       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 22:39               ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 22:43                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02  2:55                   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-02  4:55                     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02  5:06                       ` Jean Louis
2021-06-02 13:09                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 13:35                         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 14:43                           ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 15:08                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 16:14                             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 15:53                         ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 18:35                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 18:59                             ` Jean Louis
2021-06-02 19:55                               ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 19:58                             ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 21:26                               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 22:24                                 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 22:39                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 22:52                                     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 23:11                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-03 10:57                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 13:43                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 15:10                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-03 15:34                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 15:46                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-03 16:18                                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03  6:29                                     ` Jean Louis
2021-06-03  6:22                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-03  6:59                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-06-01 15:46             ` Drew Adams
2021-06-01 16:34         ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 18:51       ` Nick Dokos
2021-06-01 19:02         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 22:15           ` Robert Thorpe
2021-06-01 23:08             ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2021-05-31 23:20 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-05-31 23:31   ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-05-31 23:46     ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01  0:29       ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01  0:35         ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01  1:08           ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01  1:49             ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 14:26               ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 21:50                 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 22:22                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-05-31 23:40   ` Jean Louis

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