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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1999-02-16 23:09:54 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1999-02-16 23:09:54 +0000
commit6016b6e4dc30a334ab130f21f5400d178ce863d3 (patch)
tree74fe630dca432285893e56dd89f1c27753cd81eb /lisp/help.el
parentc3ce7bf4ec837fe30bbbd49cb204d725bab7db80 (diff)
downloademacs-6016b6e4dc30a334ab130f21f5400d178ce863d3.tar.gz
(describe-function-1): Accept non-symbols.
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diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index 2120a2ce9f6..833239825e1 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -600,7 +600,9 @@ It can also be nil, if the definition is not associated with any file."
(message "You didn't specify a function")))
(defun describe-function-1 (function parens)
- (let* ((def (symbol-function function))
+ (let* ((def (if (symbolp function)
+ (symbol-function function)
+ function))
file-name string need-close
(beg (if (commandp def) "an interactive " "a ")))
(setq string