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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Patch: perform autoloading when docs is missing from autoload object
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:14:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvczp9emlp.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM9PR09MB4977FA65C30306F71E5285F796DB9@AM9PR09MB4977.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com> (Arthur Miller's message of "Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:51:44 +0200")

> loads libraries when symbol is not loaded. I would actually prefer to just load
> documentation not the entire library, and I think I can do that, but it is a
> little bit more involved (have to find source and read the docs), unlike just
> performing autoloading.

Loading a docstring from the .el file can be tricky/cumbersome (at
least if we want it to be reliable and 100% correct), but as for loading
a docstring from a .elc file this is standard (its controlled by
the variable `byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings`), although currently it
seems it's not done for autoloads.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-15 18:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-15 13:51 Patch: perform autoloading when docs is missing from autoload object Arthur Miller
2021-09-15 18:14 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-09-15 22:29   ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-17 16:38     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-17 16:56       ` Generic autoloading? [Was Patch: perform autoloading when docs is missing from autoload object] Qiantan Hong
2021-09-17 19:36         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-17 19:51           ` Qiantan Hong
2021-09-17 21:25         ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-17 21:09       ` Patch: perform autoloading when docs is missing from autoload object Arthur Miller
2021-09-18 13:37         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-18 18:25           ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-20 17:02             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-22 16:18               ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-16 12:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-17  6:49   ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-17 14:01     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-17 15:04       ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-18 13:21         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-18 16:03           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-18 17:34             ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-18 17:31           ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-18 17:53             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-18 18:38               ` Arthur Miller

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