Re: Shrinking the C core

[Ihor Radchenko]

Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> writes:

>>   $ gdb ./emacs
>>   ...
>>   (gdb) disassemble /m Fcar
>
> Or do `C-h f car RET TAB RET' to follow the hyperlink to data.c.
>
> It takes you to Fcar at line 614. Fcar however is only in C,
> so not a primitive then.

It is a Elisp primitive. Please check out Elisp manual:

2.4.15 Primitive Function Type
------------------------------

A “primitive function” is a function callable from Lisp but written in
the C programming language.  Primitive functions are also called “subrs”
or “built-in functions”.  (The word “subr” is derived from
“subroutine”.) 

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