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Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively
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Christopher Dimech |
Subject: |
Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Jul 2022 13:43:54 +0200 |
> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2022 at 10:55 PM
> From: "Tassilo Horn" <tsdh@gnu.org>
> To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com
> Cc: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively
>
> carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >>> Yet when I do `(arktika-workbench)` in my init file, the interactive
> >>> function `arktika-workbench` still gets executed.
> >>
> >> Why wouldn't it? As I said the `interactive-only` declaration only
> >> causes the byte-compiler (and hence flymake) to warn about
> >> non-interactive uses of the function.
> >>
> > Have also done a simpler function
> >
> > (defun test ()
> > "TODO"
> > (declare (interactive-only arktika-automated-workbench))
> > (interactive)
> > (message "*** test") )
> >
> > (test)
> >
> > Loading emacs I can see that the string "*** test" is being printed.
> > I am using Emacs 27.2.
>
> Sure, the function will be executed. As Stefan said, the only effect of
> the declare spec is that byte-compiling the file will cause a warning
> that `test' is only meant for interactive use.
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>
"interactive-only" should go far beyond a byte-compilation warning.
I suggest that "interactive-only" does actually make the function work
in an interactive-only way. That would be much more useful, particularly
to users writing their own functions. Currently the "interactive-only"
leads to quite some confusion.
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, (continued)
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, carlmarcos, 2022/07/03
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Stefan Monnier, 2022/07/03
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, carlmarcos, 2022/07/03
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Stefan Monnier, 2022/07/03
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- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, carlmarcos, 2022/07/04
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Tassilo Horn, 2022/07/04
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively,
Christopher Dimech <=
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Stefan Monnier, 2022/07/04
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Robert Pluim, 2022/07/04
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Christopher Dimech, 2022/07/04
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Jean Louis, 2022/07/05
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, carlmarcos, 2022/07/04
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Stefan Monnier, 2022/07/04
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, carlmarcos, 2022/07/04
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Stefan Monnier, 2022/07/04
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Jean Louis, 2022/07/05
- Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively, Christopher Dimech, 2022/07/06