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bug#62746: [PATCH] Updated Elispref-Manual: `nil' cannot be defuned
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#62746: [PATCH] Updated Elispref-Manual: `nil' cannot be defuned |
Date: |
Fri, 05 May 2023 09:38:03 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Shynur Xie <one.last.kiss@outlook.com>, 62746@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 10:14:59 -0400
>
> >> “The symbols nil and void are Lisp objects, and can be stored into a
> >> function cell just as any other object can be (and they can be valid
> >> functions if you define them in turn with defun).”
> >>
> >> Updated:
> >>
> >> “The symbols nil and void are Lisp objects, and can be stored into a
> >> function cell just as any other object can be (and void can be a
> >> valid function if you define it with defun).”
> >
> > Why do you think the original text needs to be corrected?
>
> Indeed, `nil` is treated specially to mean "not defined" when we try to
> call a function:
>
> Lisp_Object
> funcall_general (Lisp_Object fun, ptrdiff_t numargs, Lisp_Object *args)
> {
> Lisp_Object original_fun = fun;
> retry:
> if (SYMBOLP (fun) && !NILP (fun)
> && (fun = XSYMBOL (fun)->u.s.function, SYMBOLP (fun)))
> fun = indirect_function (fun);
>
> if (SUBRP (fun) && !SUBR_NATIVE_COMPILED_DYNP (fun))
> return funcall_subr (XSUBR (fun), numargs, args);
> else if (COMPILEDP (fun)
> || SUBR_NATIVE_COMPILED_DYNP (fun)
> || MODULE_FUNCTIONP (fun))
> return funcall_lambda (fun, numargs, args);
> else
> {
> if (NILP (fun))
> xsignal1 (Qvoid_function, original_fun);
>
Thanks. So I think our documentation is correct in this aspect, and
I'm therefore closing this bug.
- bug#62746: [PATCH] Updated Elispref-Manual: `nil' cannot be defuned,
Eli Zaretskii <=