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diff man/internals/internals.texi @ 4962:e813cf16c015
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author | Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> |
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date | Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:29:05 -0600 |
parents | 304aebb79cd3 755ae5b97edb |
children | cbe181529c34 |
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--- a/man/internals/internals.texi Sun Jan 31 21:11:44 2010 -0600 +++ b/man/internals/internals.texi Mon Feb 01 05:29:05 2010 -0600 @@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ * Evaluation:: * Dynamic Binding; The specbinding Stack; Unwind-Protects:: -* Simple Special Forms:: +* Simple Special Operators:: * Catch and Throw:: * Error Trapping:: @@ -3518,7 +3518,7 @@ This module contains all of the functions to handle the flow of control. This includes the mechanisms of defining functions, calling functions, traversing stack frames, and binding variables; the control primitives -and other special forms such as @code{while}, @code{if}, @code{eval}, +and other special operators such as @code{while}, @code{if}, @code{eval}, @code{let}, @code{and}, @code{or}, @code{progn}, etc.; handling of non-local exits, unwind-protects, and exception handlers; entering the debugger; methods for the subr Lisp object type; etc. It does @@ -5323,7 +5323,7 @@ C macros. The only way to really understand how to write new C code is to read the source, but we can explain some things here. -An example of a special form is the definition of @code{prog1}, from +An example of a special operator is the definition of @code{prog1}, from @file{eval.c}. (An ordinary function would have the same general appearance.) @@ -5404,7 +5404,7 @@ @item max_args This is the maximum number of arguments that the function accepts, if there is a fixed maximum. Alternatively, it can be @code{UNEVALLED}, -indicating a special form that receives unevaluated arguments, or +indicating a special operator that receives unevaluated arguments, or @code{MANY}, indicating an unlimited number of evaluated arguments (the C equivalent of @code{&rest}). Both @code{UNEVALLED} and @code{MANY} are macros. If @var{max_args} is a number, it may not be less than @@ -5457,7 +5457,7 @@ or errors. A Lisp function with @w{@var{max_args} = @code{UNEVALLED}} is a -@w{@dfn{special form}}; its arguments are not evaluated. Instead it +@w{@dfn{special operator}}; its arguments are not evaluated. Instead it receives one argument of type @code{Lisp_Object}, a (Lisp) list of the unevaluated arguments, conventionally named @code{(args)}. @@ -8954,7 +8954,7 @@ @menu * Evaluation:: * Dynamic Binding; The specbinding Stack; Unwind-Protects:: -* Simple Special Forms:: +* Simple Special Operators:: * Catch and Throw:: * Error Trapping:: @end menu @@ -9090,7 +9090,7 @@ an array). @code{apply1()} uses @code{Fapply()} while the others use @code{Ffuncall()} to do the real work. -@node Dynamic Binding; The specbinding Stack; Unwind-Protects, Simple Special Forms, Evaluation, Evaluation; Stack Frames; Bindings +@node Dynamic Binding; The specbinding Stack; Unwind-Protects, Simple Special Operators, Evaluation, Evaluation; Stack Frames; Bindings @section Dynamic Binding; The specbinding Stack; Unwind-Protects @cindex dynamic binding; the specbinding stack; unwind-protects @cindex binding; the specbinding stack; unwind-protects, dynamic @@ -9148,9 +9148,10 @@ the symbol's value). @end enumerate -@node Simple Special Forms, Catch and Throw, Dynamic Binding; The specbinding Stack; Unwind-Protects, Evaluation; Stack Frames; Bindings -@section Simple Special Forms -@cindex special forms, simple +@node Simple Special Operators, Catch and Throw, Dynamic Binding; The specbinding Stack; Unwind-Protects, Evaluation; Stack Frames; Bindings +@section Simple Special Operators +@cindex special operators, simple +@cindex special forms @code{or}, @code{and}, @code{if}, @code{cond}, @code{progn}, @code{prog1}, @code{prog2}, @code{setq}, @code{quote}, @code{function}, @@ -9166,7 +9167,7 @@ compiler knows how to convert calls to these functions directly into byte code. -@node Catch and Throw, Error Trapping, Simple Special Forms, Evaluation; Stack Frames; Bindings +@node Catch and Throw, Error Trapping, Simple Special Operators, Evaluation; Stack Frames; Bindings @section Catch and Throw @cindex catch and throw @cindex throw, catch and