# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1010711149 0 # Node ID 3e0b4b8d4f7e785a09c353f654ee0b39b84be2eb # Parent 8fd3ab944dc372f15601b54029e95e030f6fd8bd Fix the double-property examples. Include one with a bare lambda. diff -r 8fd3ab944dc3 -r 3e0b4b8d4f7e lispref/functions.texi --- a/lispref/functions.texi Thu Jan 10 22:14:26 2002 +0000 +++ b/lispref/functions.texi Fri Jan 11 01:05:49 2002 +0000 @@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ @example @group (defun double-property (symbol prop) - (change-property symbol prop (lambda (x) (* 2 x)))) + (change-property symbol prop '(lambda (x) (* 2 x)))) @end group @end example @@ -892,6 +892,18 @@ element is the symbol @code{*}! Using @code{function} tells the compiler it is safe to go ahead and compile the constant function. + Nowadays it is possible to omit @code{function} entirely, like this: + +@example +@group +(defun double-property (symbol prop) + (change-property symbol prop (lambda (x) (* 2 x)))) +@end group +@end example + +@noindent +This is because @code{lambda} itself implies @code{function}. + We sometimes write @code{function} instead of @code{quote} when quoting the name of a function, but this usage is just a sort of comment: