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Re: Lisp error on function :documentation


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Lisp error on function :documentation
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:28:19 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> Was able to get it work with the lexical binding setup, which was not working
> as expected.  I had no criticisms about your response.  My only difficulty
> is whether you recommend using such undocumented feature (commonly people vote
> against using them).

It's documented in `etc/NEWS.25` but indeed not in the ELisp reference manual.
That's a (documentation) bug.

>> And in the mean time, I'm promoting OClosures :-)
> As for closures, the recommendation against examining and altering the
> structure of closure objects indicates that something very wrong in
> going on.

OClosures are a generalization of closures where you specify parts which
are officially exposed.  You can think of them as callable objects.


        Stefan




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