X-Git-Url: http://git.hcoop.net/bpt/emacs.git/blobdiff_plain/226c3633fdc0a259aa73aa9e6555cd42dd9f168c..9f6f48455f7d25e5cc2d50485d98ff3af43946a2:/doc/lispref/functions.texi diff --git a/doc/lispref/functions.texi b/doc/lispref/functions.texi index ab2789b5e6..9e1d3f9c6a 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/functions.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/functions.texi @@ -1100,8 +1100,9 @@ named function that you create (e.g.@: with @code{defun}), as well as any anonymous function that you create using the @code{lambda} macro or the @code{function} special form or the @code{#'} syntax (@pxref{Anonymous Functions}), is automatically converted into a -closure. +@dfn{closure}. +@cindex closure A closure is a function that also carries a record of the lexical environment that existed when the function was defined. When it is invoked, any lexical variable references within its definition use the