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From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: About `autoload-do-load'
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:51:18 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-4FB1C3.07511801012013@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.16473.1357042454.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

In article <mailman.16473.1357042454.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> wrote:

> The docstring of the built-in function `autoload-do-load' says:
> 
> If non-nil, FUNNAME should be the symbol whose function value is FUNDEF, in 
> which case the function returns the new autoloaded function value.
> 
> What does `function value' mean?  Does it mean `function cell'?  If not, what 
> does it mean?

Yes, function value and function cell are equivalent in this context.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***


       reply	other threads:[~2013-01-01 12:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.16473.1357042454.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-01-01 12:51 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2013-01-08 15:46   ` About `autoload-do-load' Stefan Monnier
     [not found]   ` <mailman.16933.1357660011.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-01-08 17:28     ` Barry Margolin
2013-01-08 17:50       ` Drew Adams
2013-01-01 12:13 Xue Fuqiao

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