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.
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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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