From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Shiyao Ma <i@introo.me>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: RE: noob question on cl-flet.
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 08:50:33 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5d30fc0b-52bf-4cde-baba-2e2235e7c197@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJQX3DyLvfZhEfWay4LXouzmfKrUBvgLz0csR=g6Yk0dDWpuDg@mail.gmail.com>
> (cl-flet ((myfunc nil
> (message "i am in")))
> (myfunc)
> (princ (symbol-function 'myfunc)))
>
> Why symbol-function gives nil? My expectation is the function.
It returns nil because the symbol `myfunc' has an undefined function slot - it is not defined as a global function.
The binding created by `cl-flet' is not a binding of a Lisp (global) symbol. It is a local (let-like) lexical binding.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-20 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-20 14:50 noob question on cl-flet Shiyao Ma
2016-04-20 15:50 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2016-04-20 16:08 ` Michael Heerdegen
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