From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar' Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 17:14:29 -0700 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36425"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: ludvig-faddeev@gmx.com To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 01 02:15:04 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1lns3k-0009Co-IM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:15:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51264 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lns3i-00057s-Ky for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 20:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43634) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com>) id 1lns3I-00057k-PR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 20:14:36 -0400 Original-Received: from www458.your-server.de ([136.243.165.62]:55064) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com>) id 1lns3G-0006hq-TH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 20:14:36 -0400 Original-Received: from sslproxy02.your-server.de ([78.47.166.47]) by www458.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com>) id 1lns3E-00060W-NE; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:14:32 +0200 Original-Received: from [47.44.249.130] (helo=localhost) by sslproxy02.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com>) id 1lns3D-0006Lr-To; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:14:32 +0200 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, ludvig-faddeev@gmx.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Authenticated-Sender: 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 0.103.2/26187/Mon May 31 13:15:33 2021) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=136.243.165.62; envelope-from=2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com; helo=www458.your-server.de X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130413 Archived-At: On 2021-06-01 at 02:13:00 +0300, Jean Louis wrote: > * ludvig-faddeev@gmx.com [2021-06-01 02:00]: > > Can the DOC string in a `defun' be supplied using a `defvar'? > > Why not show your idea? I cannot understand that. I can think of this: > > (defvar my-doc "Hello") > > (defun my-fun () > my-doc > (ignore)) > > It did not work, but I think it should. Consider the following: (defvar *string* "hello, world") (defun foo () *string*) What would foo return? What would its doc string be?