lambda

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Allegro CL

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3 Evaluation and Compilation

3.8 Dictionary Evaluation and Compilation

3.8.2 lambda

Macro

Syntax:

lambda lambda-list [[{declaration}* | documentation]] {form}*

function

Arguments and Values:

lambda-list - an ordinary lambda list.

declaration - a declare expression; not evaluated.

documentation - a string; not evaluated.

form - a form.

function - a function.

Description:

Provides a shorthand notation for a function special form involving a lambda expression such that:

    (lambda lambda-list [[{declaration}* | documentation]] {form}*)
 ==(function (lambda lambda-list [[{declaration}* | documentation]] {form}*))
 ==#'(lambda lambda-list [[{declaration}* | documentation]] {form}*)

Examples:

 (funcall (lambda (x) (+ x 3)) 4)  7

See Also:

lambda (symbol)

Notes:

This macro could be implemented by:

(defmacro lambda (&whole form &rest bvl-decls-and-body)
  (declare (ignore bvl-decls-and-body))
  `#',form)

Allegro CL Implementation Details:

None.