From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Van L Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting functions usage examples [Was: Re: Knowing where a function has been used (e.g. for optimizing) [Was: Re: Optimising Elisp code]] Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 11:07:41 +1100 Message-ID: <92FE2531-09A4-4FCF-8A8B-1EA35640E0D9@scratch.space> References: <638fb7dc-6fc5-4645-8793-97a00038a3a8@googlegroups.com> <86tvlyx71z.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1538957173 16704 195.159.176.226 (8 Oct 2018 00:06:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 00:06:13 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 08 02:06:09 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g9J3o-0004FZ-IC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 02:06:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43846 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9J5v-0007fu-2s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:08:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60686) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9J5W-0007cV-5D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:07:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9J5S-0007NE-7P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:07:54 -0400 Original-Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.198]:41583) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9J5S-0007MB-0D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:07:50 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 220.244.158.222 Original-Received: from epi.local (220-244-158-222.tpgi.com.au [220.244.158.222]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EB4C0C0004 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2018 00:07:47 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.198 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:118195 Archived-At: >> then one simple example, then a more >> complicated example, then the example that >> confirms the rule. > > as not everybody needs examples, and ideally we should just keep using > only definitions Examples are likely cache hits for 80% of people for bridging their gap.