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diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index aaf8909e0c1..1fd86fd7495 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -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. |