From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 65064@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65064: Macro definition using C-h f
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2023 10:15:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83leeqt0wg.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <HOLTlngAaVIrh1bmIYc3LMGjeeGsVVcGLOajlmFG0ht1VLVCR2kUwLsbVMghjSncfC9H9_17Dx1H9NIhfxcYpkq67jh5Au1OQA1iEPpadCA=@protonmail.com> (bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)
tags 65064 notabug
thanks
> Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2023 06:42:57 +0000
> From: Heime via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> Have done the following macro, but calling `C-h f tak` shows the definition
> as
>
> (tak &rest ARGS)
>
> rather than
>
> (tak &rest _ARGS)
>
> (defmacro tak (&rest _args)
> "Performs no action, no matter how many arguments are passed."
>
> nil)
This is a feature: the leading '_' is an indication that the argument
is unused, but the argument's name is 'args', without the underscore.
This is not a bug.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-05 7:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-05 6:42 bug#65064: Macro definition using C-h f Heime via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-08-05 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-08-05 7:39 ` Heime via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-08-09 12:53 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-09-02 16:44 ` Stefan Kangas
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