Re: Function Defintion

[Barry Margolin <barry.margolin@level3.com>]

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In article <de3ad953.0302281147.38ae9ded@posting.google.com>,
Artist <googleartist@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hi, How I can get the function definition via lisp code?
> Lambda expression may be ok.
>
>I know how to see it via find-function and I don't want to use macro.
>
>Something like
>(get-definition 'mark-whole-buffer)

(symbol-function 'mark-whole-buffer)

>should return
>
>(defun mark-whole-buffer ()
>  "Put point at beginning and mark at end of buffer.
>You probably should not use this function in Lisp programs;
>it is usually a mistake for a Lisp function to use any subroutine
>that uses or sets the mark."
>  (interactive)
>  (push-mark (point))
>  (push-mark (point-max) nil t)
>  (goto-char (point-min)))

You'll only get the lambda expression if the function is interpreted.
Since mark-whole-buffer is byte-compiled, you get a vector containing the
compiled version:

#[nil "À`!ˆÀdÁÂ#ˆeb‡" [push-mark nil t] 4 1035873 nil]

If you want to see the source code, use M-. to find the source file.

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