From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: 24842@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24842: 24.5; `help-make-xrefs': False link-type determinations
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 11:27:10 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d3032a33-5935-4548-a863-10bebf312961@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <919e40a4-f6c4-492d-b50f-b0671e13cb60@default>
> 1. One possible approach is to improve the behavior. I have not tested
> this generally, but changing the `cond' clauses to include the test
> for type and for documentation as part of the `cond' test, instead of
> being part of the result clause after the test, fixes at least the
> immediate problem of the above example.
>
> For example, instead of:
>
> ((match-string 4) ; `function' &c
> (and (fboundp sym) ; similarly
> (help-xref-button 8 'help-function sym)))
>
> use this:
>
> ((and (match-string 4) ; `function' &c
> (fboundp sym)) ; similarly
> (help-xref-button 8 'help-function sym))
>
> Similarly for the other clauses.
>
> Possibly this does not DTRT generally, since it lets subsequent
> `cond' clauses get tested if the code cannot determine that the
> symbol is a variable, function, etc.
>
> But that's the point of those clauses. If they cannot find that some
> symbol is a variable, etc., then shouldn't the subsequent clauses be
> tried? (The tests might need to be improved. Dunno.)
>
> Again, I have not tested this, so I don't propose an exact code fix.
> I'm reporting the bug.
I've been using this for a while, and it seems to be an improvement.
I have not noticed any bad cases. Can you please consider making
this change? I think the logic is better. Or can you point to a
case where it is not an improvement?
Thx.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-05 19:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-31 23:00 bug#24842: 24.5; `help-make-xrefs': False link-type determinations Drew Adams
2016-10-31 23:55 ` npostavs
2016-11-01 4:35 ` Drew Adams
2016-11-01 15:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-01 15:34 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-11-01 16:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<83wpgnns4x.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-11-01 16:15 ` Drew Adams
2016-11-01 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<CAM-tV-_+-Ewzh_vMpi65cc5ukD+T+WHNPGk0dooqQCaJAvmTaQ@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <<83r36vnpjw.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-11-01 16:29 ` Drew Adams
2016-11-01 16:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-05 19:27 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2018-01-01 21:20 ` Drew Adams
2021-09-07 18:00 ` bug#24842: bug#9445: 24.0.50; `help-make-xrefs' has bad logic Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-07 19:24 ` bug#24842: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-07 19:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-07 19:44 ` bug#9445: bug#24842: " Stephen Berman
2021-09-07 19:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-02-15 10:43 ` bug#24842: 24.5; `help-make-xrefs': False link-type determinations Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-02-15 16:58 ` bug#24842: [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-02-15 19:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-15 19:22 ` Drew Adams
2022-02-15 19:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-07 20:13 ` bug#24842: [External] : Re: bug#24842: bug#9445: 24.0.50; `help-make-xrefs' has bad logic Drew Adams
[not found] <<919e40a4-f6c4-492d-b50f-b0671e13cb60@default>
[not found] ` <<878tt4qdjq.fsf@users.sourceforge.net>
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