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bug#14932: [wishlist] Let symbol-file handle functions defined in C sour
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#14932: [wishlist] Let symbol-file handle functions defined in C source files |
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Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:33:26 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I wish that symbol-file could handle _any_ kind of symbols. I just
> tried two symbols (both of them are defined in C), but neither of them
> works:
> (symbol-file 'symbol-function)
> ⇒ nil
> (symbol-file 'set)
> ⇒ nil
You can find the "symbol file" of functions defined in C, as
demonstrated by C-h f symbol-function RET (which uses help-C-file-name),
but indeed symbol-file does not do it. Do you have a particular reason
why you'd need it?
Stefan