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Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:43:30 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from zebian ([45.2.119.34]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id e82sm6845101iof.34.2017.12.11.17.43.29 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:43:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87efo0encf.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (Noam Postavsky's message of "Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:39:28 -0500") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:140964 Archived-At: > From: Eric Abrahamsen > Subject: Re: bug#25294: 26.0.50; Allow more catch-all values for cl-defmethod's &context plus major-mode specializer > To: Noam Postavsky > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:49:14 -0800 (51 minutes, 9 seconds ago) > >> Still not really convinced by this, what's wrong with the last way you >> put in your OP: >> >> (cl-defmethod example-method ()) > > A year later, older and wiser, I agree that maybe all that's needed is > more documentation. I just noticed that, at some point in the interim, > the documentation for generic functions has been greatly expanded, which > is nice! > > I'd like to add the following to the docs: > > 1. The &context thing has to come after the required arguments, but > before any &optional or &rest things. > 2. You can have an arbitrary number of forms following &context. > 3. The &context arguments don't have to match the declared arguments in > `cl-defgeneric'. > 4. Ergo they can be left off altogether without needing to be > specifically declared as nil or what have you, ie, my original bug > report isn't really a bug. > > If this looks okay, I'll have at the docs. Sounds good to me.