From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Re: couple of feature requests, a question
Date: 10 Apr 1996 00:07:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <w8sag0lt00i.fsf@aegir.ifi.uio.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Jason L Tibbitts III's message of (unknown date)
Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@uh.edu> writes:
> LMI> Isn't "#'" just Common Lispese for "'"?
>
> Well, the lisp reader turns "'" into "(quote ... )". In Common Lisp, "#'"
> means "(function ... )". I have no idea what Emacs does with this, though.
The byte compiler can handle `(function ...)' statements, while
`(quote ...)'s are used verbatim. `(mapcar #'cdr list)' and
`(mapcar 'cdr list)' end up as the same byte code, though.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-04-07 23:13 St. Suika Fenderson Roberts
1996-04-08 14:10 ` Greg Stark
1996-04-08 16:30 ` St. Suika Fenderson Roberts
1996-04-08 17:23 ` Per Abrahamsen
1996-04-08 17:25 ` Scott Blachowicz
1996-04-08 17:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-04-09 3:10 ` St. Suika Fenderson Roberts
1996-04-10 0:05 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-04-09 3:25 ` Jason L Tibbitts III
1996-04-10 0:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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