Re: About definition finding

[Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>]

On 03/07/2013 12:11 AM, Drew Adams wrote:
>> In (info "(elisp) Coding Conventions"):
>>
>>      * Constructs that define a function or variable should be macros,
>>        not functions, and their names should start with `define-'.  The
>>        macro should receive the name to be defined as the
>>        first argument.
>>        That will help various tools find the definition automatically.
>>        Avoid constructing the names in the macro itself, since
>>        that would confuse these tools.
>>
>> Which tools will make use of it?  Imenu/etags/...?  I'm not quite
>> familiar with it.  Can anybody help?  Thanks.
>
> Yes, both Imenu and Emacs tags.  And perhaps other tools that you might write to
> take advantage of such a convention.

Ah, I see, thanks.

> Note that this doc section's guideline conflicts a bit with that of adding a
> package/library prefix to such macros.  E.g., `icicle-define-command' vs
> `define-icicle-command'.  I put the library prefix first, but others might do
> otherwise.

Does alias make sense?  E.g., `package-list-packages' is an alias of 
`list-packages'.

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