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[PATCH] Make fboundp an alias for symbol-function

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Sora Firestorm <robert <at> cochranmail.com>
Cc: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>, Robert Cochran <robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com>, 23957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#23957: [PATCH] Make fboundp an alias for symbol-function
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:10:00 +0000 (UTC)

> >> I'd suggest to simply remove the FIXME instead.
> >
> > I'd be somewhat curious about who wrote it and why.  Maybe
> > there is something else that could be done to satisfy whatever
> > the perceived need was.
> 
> I just did a blame for that line, and it lead back to commit eadf1faa
> ("Conflate Qnil and Qunbound for `symbol-function'.") by Stefan Monnier
> <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> (CC'd).

Yes, well, perhaps Stefan will chime in with the reason(s) for it.

But to my mind the simple action "Conflate Qnil and Qunbound for
`symbol-function'" sounds like it is about doing something to
`symbol-function' rather than doing something to `fboundp'.

It is the behavior (hence meaning) of `fboundp' that changes
if you set it as an alias for `symbol-function'.  The latter's
behavior does not change.

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