Re: Inferred function types in the *Help* buffer

[Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org>]

Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com> writes:

> 30 maj 2023 kl. 18.46 skrev Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org>:
>
>> Ideally I think we should have a declare syntax and maybe an extention
>> to the DEFUN macro to cover for primitives as well, in order to have
>> these declaration where each function is defined.
>
> That would probably be a good thing in the long run, yes. There are other declarations we would like to be able to attach to DEFUN as well.

Hi Mattias,

thanks for your feedback.

yep agree, I think we should convey on a syntax for everything we want
to express (type and other properties), so we have something to
implement on the long run both for the Lisp both for the C side.

>>  But probably for now
>> something like the attached patch is sufficient and considerably less
>> invasive?
>
> Actually it sort of increases coupling; I'd rather it stayed in
> comp.el for the time being. You could write a function (in comp.el)
> for access.

The main reason why I'd like to move them out is not to require the load
of comp.el for a simple C-h f.  Secondary yeah I think that if it's in
use outside the compilation functionality should just not live there.

Anyway I'm happy with any solution (as long as we find one :).

Thanks

  Andrea