From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: arglist in docstring (was: mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable' ) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:21:44 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20020717161215.4F1C.LEKTU@terra.es> References: <20020717091513.F3D1.LEKTU@terra.es> <200207171306.g6HD6uN02339@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1026915761 5988 127.0.0.1 (17 Jul 2002 14:22:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:22:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17UphP-0001YT-00 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:22:39 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17Upsr-0007dS-00 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:34:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Uph9-00079x-00; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:22:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.22.27.141] (helo=mail.peoplecall.com) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Upgm-000797-00; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:22:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.22.27.143] (jbarranquero.ofi.peoplecall.com [62.22.27.143]) by mail.peoplecall.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6HELiM28260; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:21:44 +0200 Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" In-Reply-To: <200207171306.g6HD6uN02339@rum.cs.yale.edu> X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.05.03 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:5834 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5834 On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:06:56 -0400, "Stefan Monnier" wrote: > but because I want to be able to put arglist in the docstring of > autoloaded functions BTW, it'd be nice to have also a way to make available the obsolescence info of autoloaded functions. Currently, the obsolescence info associated via `make-obsolete' and `make-obsolete-variable' is only available after the function is loaded. That sometimes forces to retain redundant info, as in `decompose-composite-char': > decompose-composite-char is an autoloaded Lisp function in `composite'. > [Arg list not available until function definition is loaded.] > > Convert CHAR to string. > This is only for backward compatibility with Emacs 20.4 and earlier. vs. > decompose-composite-char is a compiled Lisp function in `composite'. > (decompose-composite-char CHAR &optional TYPE WITH-COMPOSITION-RULE) > > This function is obsolete since 21.1; > use `char-to-string' instead. > > Convert CHAR to string. > This is only for backward compatibility with Emacs 20.4 and earlier. /L/e/k/t/u