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authorKim F. Storm <[email protected]>2006-02-10 00:09:18 +0000
committerKim F. Storm <[email protected]>2006-02-10 00:09:18 +0000
commitca56fb8c672ee9745166cbf36c84c2d58acd028f (patch)
tree0f151365e79bb5f13577fceef97dd9a26dbfe9cb
parentd342156ca93374fe446f19a3398badd5afd9c249 (diff)
(Function Indirection): Add NOERROR to indirect-function.
-rw-r--r--lispref/eval.texi12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/eval.texi b/lispref/eval.texi
index d898e08850..803f3d4a70 100644
--- a/lispref/eval.texi
+++ b/lispref/eval.texi
@@ -314,16 +314,20 @@ symbol function indirection when calling @code{erste}.
perform symbol function indirection explicitly.
@c Emacs 19 feature
-@defun indirect-function function
+@defun indirect-function function &optional noerror
@anchor{Definition of indirect-function}
This function returns the meaning of @var{function} as a function. If
@var{function} is a symbol, then it finds @var{function}'s function
definition and starts over with that value. If @var{function} is not a
symbol, then it returns @var{function} itself.
-This function signals a @code{void-function} error if the final
-symbol is unbound and a @code{cyclic-function-indirection} error if
-there is a loop in the chain of symbols.
+This function signals a @code{void-function} error if the final symbol
+is unbound and optional argument @var{noerror} is @code{nil} or
+omitted. Otherwise, if @var{noerror} is non-@code{nil}, it returns
+@code{nil} if the final symbol is unbound.
+
+It signals a @code{cyclic-function-indirection} error if there is a
+loop in the chain of symbols.
Here is how you could define @code{indirect-function} in Lisp: