From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, ludvig-faddeev@gmx.com
Subject: Re: Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar'
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 03:23:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YLV97skAM4CWRsH/@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YLV75SwQzYFZ+uy4@scrozzle>
* 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com> [2021-06-01 03:15]:
> > It did not work, but I think it should.
>
> Consider the following:
>
> (defvar *string* "hello, world")
> (defun foo ()
> *string*)
>
> What would foo return? What would its doc string be?
That one did not work, it was demonstration that it does not work.
And here again the solution which does work:
(defvar my-doc "Hello there")
(defmacro my-fun ()
`(defun my-fun ()
,my-doc
(ignore)))
To define function run: (my-fun) ⇒ my-fun
(documentation 'my-fun) ⇒ "Hello there"
Funny, as to define the function one defines macro that
overwrites itself by the function calling the macro first time.
--
Jean
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2021-05-31 23:00 Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar' ludvig-faddeev
2021-05-31 23:11 ` 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE
2021-05-31 23:13 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-31 23:32 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-05-31 23:43 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 0:14 ` 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE
2021-06-01 0:23 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-06-01 0:35 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 0:40 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 1:00 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 1:07 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 1:28 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 1:33 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 13:39 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 16:31 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 22:44 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 3:26 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01 5:19 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 14:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 14:41 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 15:01 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-06-01 15:05 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 15:38 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01 18:20 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-01 18:33 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 2:53 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-02 22:46 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-02 22:56 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 6:52 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-03 7:23 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-06-03 9:19 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-03 14:17 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-06-02 15:59 ` FW: " Drew Adams
2021-06-02 16:19 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 17:24 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 18:14 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 22:39 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 22:43 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 2:55 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-02 4:55 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 5:06 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-02 13:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 13:35 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 14:43 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 15:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 16:14 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 15:53 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 18:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 18:59 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-02 19:55 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 19:58 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 21:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 22:24 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-02 22:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-02 22:52 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-02 23:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-03 10:57 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 13:43 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 15:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-03 15:34 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 15:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-03 16:18 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-03 6:29 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-03 6:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-03 6:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-06-01 15:46 ` Drew Adams
2021-06-01 16:34 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-01 18:51 ` Nick Dokos
2021-06-01 19:02 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 22:15 ` Robert Thorpe
2021-06-01 23:08 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-31 23:20 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-05-31 23:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-05-31 23:46 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 0:29 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 0:35 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 1:08 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 1:49 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 14:26 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-01 21:50 ` ludvig-faddeev
2021-06-01 22:22 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-05-31 23:40 ` Jean Louis
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