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+ <h2 class="chapter">Functions</h2> <p>A Lisp program is composed mainly of Lisp functions. This chapter explains what functions are, how they accept arguments, and how to define them. </p> <table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="what-is-a-function" accesskey="1">What Is a Function</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Lisp functions vs. primitives; terminology. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="lambda-expressions" accesskey="2">Lambda Expressions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">How functions are expressed as Lisp objects. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="function-names" accesskey="3">Function Names</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">A symbol can serve as the name of a function. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="defining-functions" accesskey="4">Defining Functions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Lisp expressions for defining functions. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="calling-functions" accesskey="5">Calling Functions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">How to use an existing function. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="mapping-functions" accesskey="6">Mapping Functions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Applying a function to each element of a list, etc. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="anonymous-functions" accesskey="7">Anonymous Functions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Lambda expressions are functions with no names. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="generic-functions" accesskey="8">Generic Functions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Polymorphism, Emacs-style. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="function-cells" accesskey="9">Function Cells</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Accessing or setting the function definition of a symbol. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="closures">Closures</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Functions that enclose a lexical environment. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="advising-functions">Advising Functions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Adding to the definition of a function. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="obsolete-functions">Obsolete Functions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Declaring functions obsolete. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="inline-functions">Inline Functions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Functions that the compiler will expand inline. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="declare-form">Declare Form</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Adding additional information about a function. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="declaring-functions">Declaring Functions</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Telling the compiler that a function is defined. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="function-safety">Function Safety</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Determining whether a function is safe to call. </td>
+</tr> <tr>
+<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="related-topics">Related Topics</a>
+</td>
+<td> </td>
+<td align="left" valign="top">Cross-references to specific Lisp primitives that have a special bearing on how functions work. </td>
+</tr> </table><div class="_attribution">
+ <p class="_attribution-p">
+ Copyright &copy; 1990-1996, 1998-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <br>Licensed under the GNU GPL license.<br>
+ <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Functions.html" class="_attribution-link">https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Functions.html</a>
+ </p>
+</div>