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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2016-01-10 20:22:01 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2016-01-10 20:22:01 +0200
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Update documentation of 'indirect-function'
* doc/lispref/eval.texi (Function Indirection): Update the documentation of 'indirect-function'.
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@@ -328,13 +328,12 @@ This function returns the meaning of @var{function} as a function. If
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 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.
+This function 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.
-It signals a @code{cyclic-function-indirection} error if there is a
-loop in the chain of symbols.
+The optional argument @var{noerror} is obsolete, kept for backward
+compatibility, and has no effect.
Here is how you could define @code{indirect-function} in Lisp: