Re: elisp question

Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote:
> stan wrote:

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>> The line I don't think I understand is
>>  
>> (and (fboundp 'start-process) 0)
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>> Actually that's a fragment of a larger expression. It looks to me like
>> this will always be nil. Is this some idiom I haven't seeen or is this
>> just a synonym fo nil?
>>   
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> No, this expression returns nil or 0 (zero).
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> It's evaluated as the 5th parameter (buffer) of call-process-region.
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> Typing  C-h f call-process-region RET, you can read:
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>       ......
>       If buffer is 0, `call-process-region' returns immediately with 
> value nil.
>       Otherwise it waits for program to terminate
>       and returns a numeric exit status or a signal description string.
>       ......

Thanks for all the responses. For the record I asked the question badly.
I typed nil when I meant 0 and I understood the syntax and most of the
meaning. My confusion stemmed from the test for what I thought was a
built in function. I somehow totally forgot Xemacs and older versions. 

I guess the lesson here is that I should probably not attempt to pose
queries while playing with my grandchildren. 

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