Re: Can the byte-compiler check whether functions passed by name are defined?

[Glenn Morris]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> I installed the patch below which checks that #'foo refers to a function
> that will exist.

It seems overly pessimistic:

foo.el:

(defun foo (&rest args)
  t)

(defun foo2 ()
  (mapcar #'foo '(1 2 3)))

Byte-compile foo.el:

In end of data:
foo.el:6:1:Warning: the function `foo' is not known to be defined.