Re: Quoted lambda expressions

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Xue Fuqiao <address@hidden> writes:

> AFAIK "(function (lambda ...))" and "#'(lambda ...)" are the same as
> "(lambda ...)", because in subr.el:
>
>    (defmacro lambda (&rest cdr)
>      [...]
>      (list 'function (cons 'lambda cdr)))
>
> But the first two forms are used 600+ times in lisp/ and 13 times in
> doc/.  Does it make sense to do some cleanup?
>
> (And some of them should not be changed, such as the one in "(elisp)
> Anonymous Functions".)

That lambda macro was a late addition in the standardization of Common
Lisp.  I assume it was similarly late in emacs lisp.  That's the reason
why some lisp programmers use #'(lambda …) instead of (lambda …).

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__
http://www.informatimago.com/