<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>disassemble</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="ecl.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The ECL manual"><link rel="up" href="ch15.html#ansi.environment.dict" title="15.1. Dictionary"><link rel="prev" href="ch15.html#ansi.environment.dict" title="15.1. Dictionary"><link rel="next" href="re02.html" title="trace"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><code class="function">disassemble</code></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch15.html#ansi.environment.dict">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">15.1. Dictionary</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="re02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry" title="disassemble"><a name="ansi.environment.disassemble"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p><code class="function">disassemble</code> — Display the assembly code of a function</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><p><code class="funcdef">(disassemble</code> <var class="pdparam">function-designator</var>*)</p></div><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>function-designator</code></em></span></p></td><td><p>A symbol which is bound to a function in the global environment, or a lambda form
</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Function"><a name="id646725"></a><h2>Function</h2><p>As specified in <a class="xref" href="bi01.html#bib.ANSI">ANSI</a> this function outputs the internal represention
of a compiled function, or of a lambda form, were it to be compiled.</p><p><span class="application">ECL</span> only has a particular difference. If a function has been
bytecompiled, as it happens with forms which are passed to
<code class="code">EVAL</code>, functions written at the toplevel interpreter and lambda
forms coerced to functions, the output will be <span class="application">ECL</span>'s bytecodes.</p><p>If the function on the other hand has been compiled to C, then most likely
<code class="code">DISASSEMBLE</code> will be unable to find the source code and will output
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