Re: Making a function than can only be used interactively

[Tassilo Horn]

carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

>>> Yet when I do `(arktika-workbench)` in my init file, the interactive
>>> function `arktika-workbench` still gets executed.
>>
>> Why wouldn't it?  As I said the `interactive-only` declaration only
>> causes the byte-compiler (and hence flymake) to warn about
>> non-interactive uses of the function.
>>
> Have also done a simpler function 
>
> (defun test ()
>   "TODO"
>   (declare (interactive-only arktika-automated-workbench))
>   (interactive)
>   (message "*** test") )
>
> (test)
>
> Loading emacs I can see that the string "*** test" is being printed. 
> I am using Emacs 27.2.

Sure, the function will be executed.  As Stefan said, the only effect of
the declare spec is that byte-compiling the file will cause a warning
that `test' is only meant for interactive use.

Bye,
Tassilo