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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



  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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