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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "47762-done@debbugs.gnu.org" <47762-done@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#47762: [External] : Re: bug#47762: Doc of `macroexp-file-name' (Emacs 28)
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:30:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SA2PR10MB4474512B55A00A136A364F2DF34E9@SA2PR10MB4474.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83a6q11j36.fsf@gnu.org>

> > The doc string shown there is this:
> >
> >  Return the name of the file from which the code comes.
> >  Returns nil when we do not know.
> >  A non-nil result is expected to be reliable when called from a macro in
> order
> >  to find the file in which the macro's call was found, and it should be
> >  reliable as well when used at the top-level of a file.
> >  Other uses risk returning non-nil value that point to the wrong file.
> >
> > Please consider clarifying the doc for this function.  For example, just
> > what code is meant here: "the file from which the code comes"?
> >                                               ^^^^^^^^
> 
> This is explained by the text that you cited.
> Closing.

FWIW, I disagree completely.  A reader really has
no idea how or where to use this function.





      reply	other threads:[~2021-04-14 14:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-13 22:34 bug#47762: Doc of `macroexp-file-name' (Emacs 28) Drew Adams
2021-04-14  6:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-14 14:30   ` Drew Adams [this message]

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