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Ffunction doc string clarification

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* src/eval.c (Ffunction): Mention that `function' isn't quite like
`quote' in non-bytecompile circumstances, too (bug#41864).
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Lars Ingebrigtsen 2020-10-19 10:24:57 +02:00
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@ -544,7 +544,10 @@ usage: (quote ARG) */)
DEFUN ("function", Ffunction, Sfunction, 1, UNEVALLED, 0,
doc: /* Like `quote', but preferred for objects which are functions.
In byte compilation, `function' causes its argument to be handled by
the byte compiler. `quote' cannot do that.
the byte compiler. Similarly, when expanding macros and expressions,
ARG can be examined and possibly expanded. If `quote' is used
instead, this doesn't happen.
usage: (function ARG) */)
(Lisp_Object args)
{