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Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> Mathias Dahl wrote:

>> (defvar my-menu (make-sparse-keymap))
>>
>> (define-key my-menu [rmx1]
>>    `(menu-item "Find file on c:/"
>>                ,(lambda ()
>>                   (interactive)
>>                   (abc "c:/"))))
[...]
> (lambda ...) is a self-evaluating form, so the backquote/comma
> syntax is completely extraneous and can be replaced with a simple
> quote: '(menu-item ...)

Having `lambda' in a non-quoted context has the advantage that the
byte-compiler can process it.

-- 
Johan Bockgård