| SYNOPSIS |
| closure symbol_function(symbol arg) |
| closure symbol_function(string arg) |
| closure symbol_function(string arg, object|lwobject|string ob) |
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| DESCRIPTION |
| Constructs a lfun closure, efun closure or operator closure |
| from the first arg (string or symbol). For lfuns, the second |
| arg is the object that the lfun belongs to, specified by |
| the object itself or by its name (the object will be loaded |
| in the second case) |
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| If the closure is created for an lfun in an object other than |
| the current object, the result is an 'alien lfun closure'. Such |
| closures are bound to the object executing the symbol_function() |
| (this is what to_object() will return), even though the actual |
| code is in that other object (which get_type_info() will return). |
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| Private lfuns can never be accessed this way, static and |
| protected lfuns only if <ob> is the current object. |
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| EXAMPLES |
| symbol_function("efun::users") -> #'users |
| symbol_function("QueryProp", other_obj) -> other_obj->QueryProp() |
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| HISTORY |
| Introduced in 3.2@70. |
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| SEE ALSO |
| lambda(E), quote(E) |