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Re: Invoking a function from a list of functions
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Marcin Borkowski |
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Re: Invoking a function from a list of functions |
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Fri, 09 Nov 2018 11:30:25 +0100 |
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On 2018-11-09, at 07:03, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> * Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> [181108 16:28]:
>> Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> writes:
>>
>> > Given a list of functions:
>> > (setq funcs '(scroll-up-line scroll-down-line))
>> >
>> > And assuming that these functions have a similar argument list,
>> > I can invoke a function as:
>> >
>> > (funcall (nth 1 funcs))
>> > ;; or optionally
>> > (funcall (nth 1 funcs) 2)
>> >
>> > That approach is sufficient for my needs at the moment, an example
>> > of which might be to cycle through color themes invoked by my own
>> > functions.
>> >
>> > However, in the quest for futher edification I'd welcome URLs to
>> > documentation or discussion, as well as any contributions other
>> > emacsen might choose to make. Keywords also.
>> >
>> > I had a heck of a time getting relevant responses from google. I
>> > actually don't know what keywords to search with.
>>
>> It isn't clear to me, at least, what else you might be trying to achieve
>> here. Is it more accurately selecting a function from within a list,
>> using a keyword? Or cycling through functions in a list?
>>
>> You'll have a heck of a time getting relevant responses on this list,
>> too, unless you tell us what you're after! :)
> Thanks for the reply Eric: As I demonstrated on my code examples,
> I know how to extract a function from a list and invoke it.
>
> ... So that's done. Now, iterating thru a list of functions that
> might invoke a particular color theme is an example of such an
> application and I think I grok that.
>
> What I am interested in is further discussion whether it be from
> replies to this topic or more general topics in this area. I'm
> restating that I've had a difficult time finding results from
> google.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> That is probably because I don't know the right keywords
> or domain-specific terms to use
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> This isn't just difficult for emacs/elisp, I've found it difficult
> for python functions invoked from lists or dictionaries. (altho
> I've employed such methods for years in python)
>
> So I'm sorry to be so unclear: let me restate the nut and kernel
> of my question:
>
> If I wished to further research this topic using a search engine
> what are the keywords that I might feed to google?
>
> I hope that you now understand what I'm after.
Just guessing:
first-class functions/closures?
functions as data?
dynamic function calling?
Hth,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl
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Re: Invoking a function from a list of functions, Andreas Röhler, 2018/11/09