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#42322: 26.3; doc string of `cl-defmethod' Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:53:06 +0100 Message-ID: <87blf33x31.fsf@gnus.org> References: <73e5a804-037c-4d82-af32-ef00be63ebd8@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13138"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 42322@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 09 14:54:21 2020 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 1kmzv8-0003Hp-AT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kmztz-0001fA-Rq; Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:53:14 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Sibusile Xaba's _Ngiwu Shawbada_: "Mvelo" In-Reply-To: <73e5a804-037c-4d82-af32-ef00be63ebd8@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 11 Jul 2020 08:50:03 -0700 (PDT)") 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:195499 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > C-h f cl-defmethod: > > (cl-defmethod NAME [QUALIFIER] ARGS &rest [DOCSTRING] BODY) > > Define a new method for generic function NAME. > I.e. it defines the implementation of NAME to use for invocations where the > values of the dispatch arguments match the specified TYPEs. > The dispatch arguments have to be among the mandatory arguments, and > all methods of NAME have to use the same set of arguments for dispatch. > Each dispatch argument and TYPE are specified in ARGS where the corresponding > formal argument appears as (VAR TYPE) rather than just VAR. > > Please say that by "dispatch arguments" you mean ARGS. > Please say what the form of ARGS is, as the way to introduce TYPE. > > Currently, TYPE appears before any description of what it stands for and > where it occurs (in fact, there is no such clear description of it). This is now fixed in Emacs 28. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no