From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12884: 24.2.50; defun*: argument lists in documentation look terrible Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:49:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ip985dyf.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1352922576 26875 80.91.229.3 (14 Nov 2012 19:49:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:49:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12884@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 14 20:49:46 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TYixy-00035R-Mw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:49:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48868 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYixp-00084Z-2V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:49:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59513) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYixl-00083P-8R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:49:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYixi-0002qn-5e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:49:29 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60698) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYixi-0002qh-0w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:49:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TYiyI-0004up-Lq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:50:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:50:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12884 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12884-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12884.135292259118872 (code B ref 12884); Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:50:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12884) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Nov 2012 19:49:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42716 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TYiy6-0004uL-Ut for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:49:51 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:61659) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TYiy4-0004uD-Az for 12884@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:49:48 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ai0FAG6Zu09sr+ZY/2dsb2JhbABEsEiDSYEIghUBAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHAW6CZBEA4hCmnGBWIMH X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="207621406" Original-Received: from 108-175-230-88.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([108.175.230.88]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 14 Nov 2012 14:49:10 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A26A2594C8; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:49:09 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87ip985dyf.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:47:20 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: 0.8 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: 0.8 (/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66931 Archived-At: > | (my-toggle-item #:MODE-OR-VAR &key ((:selected #:ENABLED-SPEC) (\` > | (am-bound-and-true-p (quote (\, mode-or-var))))) ((:help > | #:HELP-STRING) (am-make-symbol-docstring mode-or-var))) Let me just say that I will resist the urge to tell you what I think about this style of argument list ;-) > This looks terrible with all this #: and quote \, stuff. Binding print-quoted makes sense to improve the quote/backquote syntax. But I don't understand why we have those #: in there. I understand it's there to say the symbols are not interned, but I don't understand why they're not interned. Stefan