From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
Cc: 21225@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21225: 25.0.50; doc strings of `define-obsolete-*'
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:07:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv614lhkrz.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAdUY-Kwe=wHmVjqYZoLsKhkTtSJYWvmf6eFkqmSzbLRRVn_6Q@mail.gmail.com> (Artur Malabarba's message of "Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:50:09 +0100")
>> The doc (doc strings and manual) should make clear that the args
>> are evaluated. This is not obvious, as these are macros.
> Yes please. Everytime I use these I have to manually check their
> behavior because I'm never sure just by reading the docstring.
Maybe a better fix is to turn them into functions (which basically
means, to add special support for them in the byte-compiler, since
that's the only reason they're defined as macros, AFAIK).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-11 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-09 17:28 bug#21225: 25.0.50; doc strings of `define-obsolete-*' Drew Adams
2015-08-09 17:35 ` Drew Adams
2015-08-11 12:50 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-08-11 16:07 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2016-04-30 21:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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