Use a dedicated type to represent interpreted-function valuesscratch/interpreted-function

Change `function` so that when evaluating #'(lambda ...)
we return an object of type `interpreted-function` rather than
a list starting with one of `lambda` or `closure`.
The new type reuses the existing PVEC_CLOSURE (nee PVEC_COMPILED)
tag and tries to align the corresponding elements:

- the arglist, the docstring, and the interactive-form go in the
  same slots as for byte-code functions.
- the body of the function goes in the slot used for the bytecode string.
- the lexical context goes in the slot used for the constants of
  bytecoded functions.

The first point above means that `help-function-arglist`,
`documentation`, and `interactive-form`s don't need to
distinguish interpreted and bytecode functions any more.

Main benefits of the change:

- We can now reliably distinguish a list from a function value.
- `cl-defmethod` can dispatch on `interactive-function` and `closure`.
  Dispatch on `function` also works now for interpreted functions but still
  won't work for functions represented as lists or as symbols, of course.
- Function values are now self-evaluating.  That was alrready the case
  when byte-compiled, but not when interpreted since
  (eval '(closure ...)) signals a void-function error.
  That also avoids false-positive warnings about "don't quote your lambdas"
  when doing things like `(mapcar ',func ...)`.

* src/eval.c (Fmake_interpreted_closure): New function.
(Ffunction): Use it and change calling convention of
`Vinternal_make_interpreted_closure_function`.
(FUNCTIONP, Fcommandp, eval_sub, funcall_general, funcall_lambda)
(Ffunc_arity, lambda_arity): Simplify.
(funcall_lambda): Adjust to new representation.
(syms_of_eval): `defsubr` the new function.  Remove definition of `Qclosure`.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/cconv.el (cconv-make-interpreted-closure):
Change calling convention and use `make-interpreted-closure`.

* src/data.c (Fcl_type_of): Distinguish `byte-code-function`s from
`interpreted-function`s.
(Fclosurep, finterpreted_function_p): New functions.
(Fbyte_code_function_p): Don't be confused by `interpreted-function`s.
(Finteractive_form, Fcommand_modes): Simplify.
(syms_of_data): Define new type symbols and `defsubr` the two
new functions.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el (cl-print-object) <interpreted-function>:
New method.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/oclosure.el (oclosure): Refine the parent
to be `closure`.
(oclosure--fix-type, oclosure-type): Simplify.
(oclosure--copy, oclosure--get, oclosure--set): Adjust to
new representation.

* src/callint.c (Fcall_interactively): Adjust to new representation.

* src/lread.c (bytecode_from_rev_list):

* lisp/simple.el (function-documentation):
* lisp/help.el (help-function-arglist): Remove the old `closure` case
and adjust the byte-code case so it handles `interpreted-function`s.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el (closure): New type.
(byte-code-function): Add it as a parent.
(interpreted-function): Adjust parent (the type itself was already
added earlier by accident).

* lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile--reify-function): Adjust to
new representation.
(byte-compile): Use `interpreted-function-p`.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el (byte-compile-inline-expand): Adjust to
new representation.
(side-effect-free-fns): Add `interpreted-function-p` and `closurep`.

* src/profiler.c (trace_hash, ffunction_equal): Simplify.
* lisp/profiler.el (profiler-function-equal): Simplify.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/nadvice.el (advice--interactive-form-1):
Use `interpreted-function-p`; adjust to new representation; and take
advantage of the fact that function values are now self-evaluating.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el (closure):
Remove `lisp-indent-function` property.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/disass.el (disassemble-internal): Adjust to
new representation.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el (edebug--strip-instrumentation):
Use `interpreted-function-p`.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/comp-common.el (comp-known-type-specifiers):
Add `closurep` and `interpreted-function-p`.

* test/lisp/help-fns-tests.el (help-fns-test-lisp-defun): Adjust to
more precise type info in `describe-function`.
* test/lisp/erc/resources/erc-d/erc-d-tests.el (erc-d--render-entries):
Use `interpreted-function-p`.
* test/lisp/emacs-lisp/macroexp-resources/vk.el (vk-f4, vk-f5):
Don't hardcode function values.

* doc/lispref/functions.texi (Anonymous Functions): Don't suggest that
function values are lists.  Reword "self-quoting" to reflect the
fact that #' doesn't return the exact same object.  Update examples
with the new shape of the return value.

* doc/lispref/variables.texi (Lexical Binding):
* doc/lispref/lists.texi (Rearrangement):
* doc/lispref/control.texi (Handling Errors): Update examples to reflect
new representation of function values.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el
index 83d9e6ee220..fa745396b02 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el
@@ -444,13 +444,24 @@ For this build of Emacs it's %dbit."
   )
 (cl--define-built-in-type compiled-function (function)
   "Abstract type of functions that have been compiled.")
-(cl--define-built-in-type byte-code-function (compiled-function)
+(cl--define-built-in-type closure (function)
+  "Abstract type of functions represented by a vector-like object.
+You can access the object's internals with `aref'.
+The fields are used as follows:
+
+  0 [args]       Argument list (either a list or an integer)
+  1 [code]       Either a byte-code string or a list of Lisp forms
+  2 [constants]  Either vector of constants or a lexical environment
+  3 [stackdepth] Maximum amount of stack depth used by the byte-code
+  4 [docstring]  The documentation, or a reference to it
+  5 [iform]      The interactive form (if present)")
+(cl--define-built-in-type byte-code-function (compiled-function closure)
   "Type of functions that have been byte-compiled.")
 (cl--define-built-in-type subr (atom)
   "Abstract type of functions compiled to machine code.")
 (cl--define-built-in-type module-function (function)
   "Type of functions provided via the module API.")
-(cl--define-built-in-type interpreted-function (function)
+(cl--define-built-in-type interpreted-function (closure)
   "Type of functions that have not been compiled.")
 (cl--define-built-in-type special-form (subr)
   "Type of the core syntactic elements of the Emacs Lisp language.")