From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: get nargs for a function Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:22:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <9eb51198-614a-49f7-8085-2a068dd28852@googlegroups.com> <3b735611-f4c0-419d-9938-ab5dc45c0405@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1440901383 2169 80.91.229.3 (30 Aug 2015 02:23:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 02:23:03 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 30 04:22:54 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVsGj-00071C-1n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 04:22:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56007 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVsGi-0005Rq-Im for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:22:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42942) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVsGX-0005Ri-S1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:22:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVsGU-0003ek-OT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:22:41 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:52748) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVsGU-0003eF-He for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:22:38 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVsGQ-0006g4-E4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 04:22:34 +0200 Original-Received: from 104-222-112-193.cpe.teksavvy.com ([104.222.112.193]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 04:22:34 +0200 Original-Received: from monnier by 104-222-112-193.cpe.teksavvy.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 04:22:34 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 12 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 104-222-112-193.cpe.teksavvy.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nAN3aLm9PJvFC/x77ORuZKE/+ng= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106926 Archived-At: > (defun args (function) > "The arg list of FUNCTION." > (let ((kind (car function))) > (if (eq kind 'closure) > (cadr (cdr function)) > (cadr function)))) To get the description of the arglist, you're better off using `help-function-arglist'. Stefan