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changeset 86826:9b003519e0dd
(Declaring Functions): Add findex. Mention `external' files.
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:41:17 +0000 |
| parents | d7f423869e23 |
| children | 04e9efb633d6 |
| files | doc/lispref/functions.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/lispref/functions.texi Thu Nov 29 04:41:07 2007 +0000 +++ b/doc/lispref/functions.texi Thu Nov 29 04:41:17 2007 +0000 @@ -1227,6 +1227,7 @@ @section Telling the Compiler that a Function is Defined @cindex function declaration @cindex declaring functions +@findex declare-function Byte-compiling a file often produces warnings about functions that the compiler doesn't know about (@pxref{Compiler Errors}). Sometimes this @@ -1289,6 +1290,11 @@ of the primitive functions of Emacs are always defined so they will never give you a warning. + Sometimes a file will optionally use functions from an external package. +If you prefix the filename in the @code{declare-function} statement with +@samp{ext:}, then it will be checked if it is found, otherwise skipped +without error. + @node Function Safety @section Determining whether a Function is Safe to Call @cindex function safety