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Re: Meaning of the hash character
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: Meaning of the hash character |
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:45:31 -0500 |
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<15d554aa-7f1c-45e5-a26f-017bd6258140@d32g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have long wondered about the meaning of the hash character # in
> emacs lisp.
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> Here is an example taken from hl-line.el
> (add-hook 'change-major-mode-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight nil t)
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> What effect does it have?
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> /Nordlöw
#' is to 'function' as ' is to 'quote', i.e.
'foo ==> (quote foo)
#'foo ==> (function foo)
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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