Fix the double-property examples. Include one with a bare lambda.

diff --git a/lispref/functions.texi b/lispref/functions.texi
index 9f684593a9859d4a83072d3329c6d67629bd60c5..78e4a44327ecf3801d8ce9e41290ff61839170f0 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/functions.texi
+++ b/lispref/functions.texi
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ passing it a function to double a number:
 @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 @@ do with the list.  Perhaps it will check whether the @sc{car} of the third
 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: