Function: keywordp

keywordp is a function defined in data.c.

Signature

(keywordp OBJECT)

Documentation

Return t if OBJECT is a keyword.

This means that it is a symbol with a print name beginning with : interned in the initial obarray.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 21.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/data.c
{
  if (SYMBOLP (object)
      && SREF (SYMBOL_NAME (object), 0) == ':'
      && SYMBOL_INTERNED_IN_INITIAL_OBARRAY_P (object))
    return Qt;
  return Qnil;
}