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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2018-11-12 09:38:27 -0800
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2018-11-12 09:38:27 -0800
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parent913c001f43350a70c8fc9d3eb846242eb63c9ae8 (diff)
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913c001 * lisp/files.el (write-file): Clarify the doc string. (Bug#3... d614b84 Fix typos in midnight.el 8c2778a Improve documentation of 'move-file-to-trash' c7b8a51 ; * doc/lispref/functions.texi (Anonymous Functions): Fix typo. 92296de * src/data.c (Ftype_of): xwidget objects are possible! (bug#3... a3242cc Improve documentation of Diff mode 39e85a0 Note that lex bound lambda forms are not self-quoting (Bug#33... fa605f2 Rewrite buffer display related doc-strings and doc aa55659 Fix call to GlobalMemoryStatusEx in w32.c # Conflicts: # doc/emacs/files.texi # src/data.c
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@@ -93,12 +93,13 @@ Info node `(elisp)Specification List' for details."
`(put (quote ,symbol) 'edebug-form-spec (quote ,spec)))
(defmacro lambda (&rest cdr)
- "Return a lambda expression.
-A call of the form (lambda ARGS DOCSTRING INTERACTIVE BODY) is
-self-quoting; the result of evaluating the lambda expression is the
-expression itself. The lambda expression may then be treated as a
-function, i.e., stored as the function value of a symbol, passed to
-`funcall' or `mapcar', etc.
+ "Return an anonymous function.
+Under dynamic binding, a call of the form (lambda ARGS DOCSTRING
+INTERACTIVE BODY) is self-quoting; the result of evaluating the
+lambda expression is the expression itself. Under lexical
+binding, the result is a closure. Regardless, the result is a
+function, i.e., it may be stored as the function value of a
+symbol, passed to `funcall' or `mapcar', etc.
ARGS should take the same form as an argument list for a `defun'.
DOCSTRING is an optional documentation string.