From: John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Symbol's value as variable is void: defun
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 10:10:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOj2CQSQ397F2aRn7praTx-5qxWsNL2aV3TyEk3geBmFXcorxQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4d2444cf-cca2-49b6-9afa-524aa7d28569@googlegroups.com>
Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com> wrote:
> ;; With the following defun in effect:
>
> (defun load-file-most-recent (file)
[snip]
> (load-file-most-recent "~/lisp++-projects/c++2lisp++-stage-1-purge-comments.el")
>
> ;; gives the following diagnostic: Symbol's value as variable is void:
> ;; defun.
Would using `load' with `load-prefer-newer' set to non-nil work for you
(and save you from needing to implement `load-file-most-recent'
yourself)?
[ I'm basing this mostly on the name - I only glanced at the definition
of `load-file-most-recent'.]
John
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-02 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-02 2:54 Symbol's value as variable is void: defun Davin Pearson
2018-02-02 3:27 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-02-02 7:50 ` tomas
2018-02-02 8:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-02-02 7:48 ` tomas
2018-02-02 11:39 ` Ben Bacarisse
2018-02-02 18:10 ` John Mastro [this message]
2018-02-05 2:59 ` Davin Pearson
2018-02-05 3:04 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-02-05 6:39 ` Davin Pearson
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