SYNOPSIS
closure symbol_function(symbol arg)
closure symbol_function(string arg)
closure symbol_function(string arg, object|string ob)
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)
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).
Private lfuns can never be accessed this way, static and
protected lfuns only if <ob> is the current object.
EXAMPLES
symbol_function("efun::users") -> #'users
symbol_function("QueryProp", other_obj) -> other_obj->QueryProp()
HISTORY
Introduced in 3.2@70.
SEE ALSO
lambda(E), quote(E)
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