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<b>Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition</b>
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<B> Next:</B> <A NAME=tex2html2286 HREF="node63.html"> Named Functions</A>
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<B>Up:</B> <A NAME=tex2html2284 HREF="node55.html"> Program Structure</A>
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<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME=tex2html2278 HREF="node61.html"> Function Calls</A>
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<H1><A NAME=SECTION00920000000000000000>5.2. Functions</A></H1>
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There are two ways to indicate a function to be used in a function-call
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form. One is to use a symbol that names the function. This use of
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symbols to name functions is completely independent of their use in
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naming special and lexical variables. The other way is to use a
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<i>lambda-expression</i>, which is a list whose first element is the symbol
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<tt>lambda</tt>. A lambda-expression is <i>not</i> a form; it cannot be
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meaningfully evaluated. Lambda-expressions and symbols, when used in
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programs as names of functions, can appear only as the first element of a
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function-call form, or as the second element of the <tt>function</tt>
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special form. Note that symbols and lambda-expressions are treated as
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<i>names</i> of functions in these two contexts. This should be
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distinguished from the treatment of symbols and lambda-expressions as
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<i>function objects</i>, that is,
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objects that satisfy the predicate <tt>functionp</tt>,
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as when giving such an object to <tt>apply</tt> or <tt>funcall</tt> to be
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invoked.
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html2289 HREF="node63.html#SECTION00921000000000000000"> Named Functions</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html2290 HREF="node64.html#SECTION00922000000000000000"> Lambda-Expressions</A>
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