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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> They need to be quoted:
> 
>         (if (fboundp 'prescript)
> and
>         (if (fboundp 'postscript)
> 
> otherwise the interpreter tests the fboundness of the string instead of the 
> variable.

No -- what we want to check is whether the contents of the variable is 
a function or not.  But we should first check whether it's a symbol,
since fboundp is kinda fragile.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen