Re: How to quote a list of functions?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:
>
>> The difference, in emacs lisp, is when you compile a lambda form.
>
> AFAIK, there is also a difference for function names when compiling:
> using #'fun you enable checking whether `fun' is defined, using 'fun, it
> is not checked.  So it is preferable to use #' for symbols intended to
> be used as a function.

Agreed. 

However, my conclusion is that if you want to designate a list of
(global) functions, you can easily do it by having a literal list of
symbols naming those functions:

(defvar *trigs* '(sin cos tan))
(mapcar (lambda (f) (funcall f (/ pi 3))) *trigs*)
--> (0.8660254037844386 0.5000000000000001 1.7320508075688767)

I wouldn't lose sleep over:
(defvar *trigs* (list (function sin) (function cos) (function tan)))


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