Re: How to quote a list of functions?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.8033.1439136046.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
> 
> >>> functions should be quoted with sharp-quote and not
> >>> just regular quote, i.e., #'my-function and not
> >>> 'my-function.
> >>
> >> Why?
> >
> > See other answers and/or the linked blog post.
> 
> If you say something is absolutely so it is not too
> much asked if you yourself is able to explain why this
> is in a couple of sentences.
> 
> Anyway, I just tried it in one case - as I have
> hundreds of 'functions none of which are
> #'sharp-quoted.
> 
> It was - and now is, again - like this:
> 
>     (defun set-pane-scroll-keys (map)
>       "Set MAP keys for vertical scrolling in panes."
>       (define-key map "I" 'scroll-up-pane)
>       (define-key map "K" 'scroll-down-pane) )
> 
> However, changing it to sharp quotes doesn't seem to be
> anything a sharp programmer would do, as it results in
> the following compile warning:
> 
>     In end of data:
>     global-keys.el:170:1:Warning: the following functions
>         are not known to be defined: scroll-up-pane,
>         scroll-down-pane

You consider that a misfeature? Isn't it a feature that it warns you 
about possible typos in the function names?

Why are you binding keys to nonexistent functions?

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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