From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 36478@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36478: 26.2; Doc strings with "This function has a compiler macro..." and "This function does not change global state"
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:55:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o83pp07g.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13f5f7df-9017-45a0-986f-8b1a4ee0e9bd@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 2 Jul 2019 11:05:18 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> `C-h f zerop' tells you this:
>
> zerop is a compiled Lisp function in 'subr.el'.
>
> (zerop NUMBER)
>
> This function has a compiler macro 'zerop--anon-cmacro'.
>
> Return t if NUMBER is zero.
> This function does not change global state, including the match data.
>
> Why on earth would we put that info about the function having a compiler
> macro before the first doc string line?
In Emacs 29 these details have been moved to the end of the help buffer.
I've now also added some indexing to the manual so that it's easier to
find out what a "compiler macro" is.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-02 18:05 bug#36478: 26.2; Doc strings with "This function has a compiler macro..." and "This function does not change global state" Drew Adams
2019-07-02 19:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-07-04 1:34 ` Richard Stallman
2022-02-02 18:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
[not found] <<13f5f7df-9017-45a0-986f-8b1a4ee0e9bd@default>
[not found] ` <<83r278cjho.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-07-02 20:13 ` Drew Adams
2019-07-04 1:35 ` Richard Stallman
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