From: Stefan Monnier Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 00:24:50 +0000 (-0400) Subject: * doc/lispref/functions.texi (Lambda Expressions): Lambda expressions don't X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.3.90~173^2^2~42^2~45^2~387^2~2026^2~152 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a5cf7779bc4a73c7c2f3174988e223c5cc783226;p=emacs.git * doc/lispref/functions.texi (Lambda Expressions): Lambda expressions don't evaluate to themselves in general. Fixes: debbugs:11782 --- diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 249a2f21ccb..8f675bfcda6 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2013-05-29 Stefan Monnier + + * functions.texi (Lambda Expressions): Lambda expressions don't + evaluate to themselves in general (bug#11782). + 2013-05-15 Stefan Monnier * loading.texi (Autoload): diff --git a/doc/lispref/functions.texi b/doc/lispref/functions.texi index 999923f5b84..7768c147827 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/functions.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/functions.texi @@ -196,9 +196,8 @@ an example: @end example @noindent -In Emacs Lisp, such a list is valid as an expression---it evaluates to -itself. But its main use is not to be evaluated as an expression, but -to be called as a function. +In Emacs Lisp, such a list is a valid expression which evaluates to +a function object. A lambda expression, by itself, has no name; it is an @dfn{anonymous function}. Although lambda expressions can be used this way