Function: char-table-parent

char-table-parent is a function defined in chartab.c.

Signature

(char-table-parent CHAR-TABLE)

Documentation

Return the parent char-table of CHAR-TABLE.

The value is either nil or another char-table. If CHAR-TABLE holds nil for a given character, then the actual applicable value is inherited from the parent char-table
(or from its parents, if necessary).

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.30.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/chartab.c
{
  CHECK_CHAR_TABLE (char_table);

  return XCHAR_TABLE (char_table)->parent;
}