GNU bug report logs - #4290
23.1; (elisp)Anonymous Functions - unclear about #'

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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:10:06 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 4290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#4290: 23.1; (elisp)Anonymous Functions - unclear about #'
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:15 -0400

> Thanks for spotting this.
> Hmm---is `function' still useful for anything?

Well, it's just as useful as ever.  I.e. it's useless when you consider
that its implementation is the same as `quote', but it's otherwise
indispensable (e.g. look at the implementation of the `lambda' macro in
subr.el).


        Stefan
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