From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#52317: 29.0.50; Unintelligible sentence in EIEIO info Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 22:02:40 +0100 Message-ID: <8735n6ojdb.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87lf0y93rj.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37905"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 52317@debbugs.gnu.org To: Marco Wahl Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 05 22:03:12 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mtyf9-0009bl-2u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2021 22:03:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33180 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mtyf7-0005R9-Gh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:03:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:43358) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mtyf0-0005Qm-OP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48232) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mtyf0-0002T1-GL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mtyf0-0003VW-21 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:03:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 21:03:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 52317 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 52317-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B52317.163873817113466 (code B ref 52317); Sun, 05 Dec 2021 21:03:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 52317) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Dec 2021 21:02:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59778 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mtyeo-0003V7-VR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:02:51 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:56154) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mtyem-0003Uu-Rq for 52317@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:02:49 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=jemqNjaSp+miiPjxFduuKKKDEczK49jEyPpDub54lo8=; b=B2BGdAbnUENzcVMXwpHy8rQvqi NjjyY3rzml7FnaBT/6GeasHvvflQaoNSxze66/3Y63C4mJgv2RqE1o3CbKlsJ2AYA82vVniFdYPuu AJWgv1x4YwCLBcGYnIan2cG/X4rZegawHu1lY7YxUFGds0P3bXOi6u8tJVVePh/7D5oQ=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mtyee-0002uh-JQ; Sun, 05 Dec 2021 22:02:42 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Genesis's _And Then There Were Three_: "Down And Out" In-Reply-To: <87lf0y93rj.fsf@gmail.com> (Marco Wahl's message of "Sun, 05 Dec 2021 21:48:48 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:221663 Archived-At: Marco Wahl writes: > Visit (info "(eieio) Generics") . > Find the sentence > > In CLOS, a generic call also be used to provide an argument list > and dispatch precedence for all the arguments. > > This sentence is unintelligible AFAICT. I've now changed it to: In CLOS, a generic method can also be used to provide an argument list and dispatch precedence for all the arguments. In @eieio{}, dispatching only occurs for the first argument, so the @var{arglist} is not used. in Emacs 29. But the documentation here talks about cl-defgeneric, so it's extra confusing. (The `defgeneric' in eieio-compat.el does behave like described, apparently, so it's not totally wrong... but... it think perhaps the ieieo/cl method stuff needs some editing.) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no