From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
To: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
Cc: 22462@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22462: 25.0.50; Docstring of cl-defun/defmacro are too short
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:04:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8760yhdior.fsf@mbork.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d1sqqcbi.fsf@gmail.com>
On 2016-01-25, at 09:43, Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> wrote:
> Every time I turn to cl-defun or cl-defmacro (usually for the extra
> arglist versatility), I end up asking myself “was it &key or &keys?” or
> “what was the name of that really long option?”.
>
> Naturally, I turn to `C-h f cl-defun', only to be told that it works
> “Like normal ‘defun’, except ARGLIST allows full Common Lisp
> conventions”. That's not very helpful for someone who's not profficient
> in Common Lisp.
>
> I think there should be a link to the relevant info node and, preferably,
> a brief summary of the conventions.
+1. And I'd vote for a summary, not a link.
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-25 11:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-25 8:43 bug#22462: 25.0.50; Docstring of cl-defun/defmacro are too short Artur Malabarba
2016-01-25 11:04 ` Marcin Borkowski [this message]
2016-01-25 14:23 ` Drew Adams
2016-07-02 4:02 ` npostavs
2016-07-05 23:06 ` Artur Malabarba
2016-07-09 15:01 ` npostavs
2016-01-25 15:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
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