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Re: thunk.el: Document that thunk-force == funcall?
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
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Re: thunk.el: Document that thunk-force == funcall? |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:04:23 -0500 |
> thunks are functions.
thunks take no arguments (at least the definition i know)
> The background: because thunks are functions, one is allowed (and it is
> useful) to directly pass them to higher order functions e.g. as a test
> predicate,
a test predicate usually takes at least one argument
And returns a value -- something which thunks also do not.
thus a thunk cannot be used as a test predicate
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- Re: thunk.el: Document that thunk-force == funcall?, Tomas Hlavaty, 2020/11/18
- Re: thunk.el: Document that thunk-force == funcall?, Stefan Monnier, 2020/11/18
- Re: thunk.el: Document that thunk-force == funcall?, Tomas Hlavaty, 2020/11/18
- Re: thunk.el: Document that thunk-force == funcall?, Stefan Monnier, 2020/11/18
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Re: thunk.el: Document that thunk-force == funcall?,
Alfred M. Szmidt <=
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