bug#15609: 24.3.50; `debug-on-entry' default when cursor is on a function name

bug#15609: 24.3.50; `debug-on-entry' default when cursor is on a function name

[Drew Adams]

emacs -Q

Put the cursor on any function name in the defun for that function.
E.g., put the cursor on foo here:

(defun foo (arg) "..." 42)

M-x debug-on-entry RET M-n

This is pretty much brain-dead behavior.  The default should be `foo',
not `defun'.  At the very least, `foo' should be one of the "suggestions"
available via `M-n'.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2013-10-09 on LEG570
Bzr revision: 114596 jan.h.d@swipnet.se-20131009185014-vynfyw4o8p5fge54
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --enable-checking 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g3' CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'

bug#15609: 24.3.50; `debug-on-entry' default when cursor is on a function name

[Stefan Monnier]

> (defun foo (arg) "..." 42)
> M-x debug-on-entry RET M-n
> This is pretty much brain-dead behavior.  The default should be `foo',

The default *is* `foo' (at least if `foo' is defined as a function).
In your recipe, the default is `defun' which is arguably not very
useful, but note that you can't use `foo' because debug-on-entry can
only be used for functions that are already defined, so `foo' would not
be a better default.


        Stefan

bug#15609: 24.3.50; `debug-on-entry' default when cursor is on a function name

[Drew Adams]

> The default *is* `foo' (at least if `foo' is defined as a function).
> In your recipe, the default is `defun' which is arguably not very
> useful, but note that you can't use `foo' because debug-on-entry can
> only be used for functions that are already defined, so `foo' would
> not be a better default.

Oops.  Sorry about that.