Re: lost argument and doc string

[Tak Ota <Takaaki.Ota@am.sony.com>]

I now see the point of your advice though you should have quoted the
following part instead of the one you picked.

-Tak

> *** 931,954 ****
>         else if (! strcmp (buffer, "defvar")
>   	       || ! strcmp (buffer, "defconst"))
>   	{
> - 	  char c1 = 0, c2 = 0;
>   	  type = 'V';
>   	  read_lisp_symbol (infile, buffer);
>   
>   	  if (saved_string == 0)
>   	    {
> ! 
> ! 	      /* Skip until the end of line; remember two previous chars.  */
> ! 	      while (c != '\n' && c != '\r' && c >= 0)
> ! 		{
> ! 		  c2 = c1;
> ! 		  c1 = c;
> ! 		  c = getc (infile);
> ! 		}
> ! 
> ! 	      /* If two previous characters were " and \,
> ! 		 this is a doc string.  Otherwise, there is none.  */
> ! 	      if (c2 != '"' || c1 != '\\')
>   		{
>   #ifdef DEBUG
>   		  fprintf (stderr, "## non-docstring in %s (%s)\n",
> --- 926,938 ----
>         else if (! strcmp (buffer, "defvar")
>   	       || ! strcmp (buffer, "defconst"))
>   	{
>   	  type = 'V';
>   	  read_lisp_symbol (infile, buffer);
>   
>   	  if (saved_string == 0)
>   	    {
> !               skip_white (infile);
> !               if ((c = getc (infile)) != '\"')
>   		{
>   #ifdef DEBUG
>   		  fprintf (stderr, "## non-docstring in %s (%s)\n",






13 Feb 2002 19:50:17 +0000: Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> wrote:

> Tak Ota <Takaaki.Ota@am.sony.com> writes:
> 
> > --- lib-src/make-docfile.c	Tue Feb 12 11:28:01 2002
> > ***************
> > *** 911,925 ****
> >   	  else
> >   	    while (c != ')')
> >   	      c = getc (infile);
> > - 	  skip_white (infile);
> >   
> > ! 	  /* If the next three characters aren't `dquote bslash newline'
> > ! 	     then we're not reading a docstring.
> > ! 	   */
> > ! 	  if ((c = getc (infile)) != '"'
> > ! 	      || (c = getc (infile)) != '\\'
> > ! 	      || ((c = getc (infile)) != '\n' && c != '\r'))
> > ! 	    {
> >   #ifdef DEBUG
> >   	      fprintf (stderr, "## non-docstring in %s (%s)\n",
> >   		       buffer, filename);
> > --- 911,920 ----
> >   	  else
> >   	    while (c != ')')
> >   	      c = getc (infile);
> >   
> > ! 	  skip_white (infile);
> > ! 	  if ((c = getc (infile)) != '\"')
> > !             {
> >   #ifdef DEBUG
> >   	      fprintf (stderr, "## non-docstring in %s (%s)\n",
> >   		       buffer, filename);
> 
> 
> Be careful that the following does the right thing:
> 
>     (defvar string-variable "String value" "\
>     This is the documentation for a string variable.")
> 
> 
> That seems like the only logical reason for the current convention.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jason Rumney

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