From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tags for functions Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:01 -0500 Message-ID: References: <867i4pemv5.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86y6x49un4.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86ljt39ysz.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87tz7oxodr.fsf@jurta.org> <86mydd3kzv.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87pri9k64b.fsf@jurta.org> <86ljsw252p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87hc3kfgb8.fsf@jurta.org> <86r62ne3aq.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233168024 4218 80.91.229.12 (28 Jan 2009 18:40:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:40:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 28 19:41:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LSFM1-00052x-02 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:41:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47413 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSFKi-00027r-Nu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSFKd-00027m-BQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSFKa-00027M-Ib for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41280 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSFKa-00027J-FK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:08 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:54050) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LSFKa-0004Ph-0F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:08 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-159.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.159]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n0SIehkm023135; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:43 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1B9161C14C; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:01 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <86r62ne3aq.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:41:33 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3199=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:108332 Archived-At: JL> (when (and (functionp symbol) (setq docstr (documentation symbol t)) Most docstrings (upon startup) are not kept in memory but in the DOC file instead. Calling `documentation' will load this file and look for the corresponding docstring there. I think the best/only way forward is to do something along the lines of cus-load.el, i.e. generate the data offline. Stefan "who still doesn't know what data we're talking about"