From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: acm@muc.de, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
66750@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#66750: Unhelpful text in C-h v for variables with a lambda form as value
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 12:32:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZWM6zDJKDv9QReYY@ACM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwva5rubigb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
Hello, Stefan.
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 18:18:08 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > But it's not quite so simple as all that. In order to get the doc
> > strings for lambdas into the .elc file, there'll have to be an
> > enhancement of the .elc format. Currently, although doc strings for
> > defuns/demacros/etc. are stored as file name + offset, those for
> > lambdas (which are vanishingly rare at this point) are just stored
> > inline in the .elc, and would get loaded along with the lambdas.
> Yes, I know. I think it's an orthogonal issue. It's OK.
[ .... ]
> But if those become more common, the tradeoff would justify getting such
> a change in `master` (especially since IIRC it simplifies `bytecomp.el`
> a bit).
I've committed a change to master which writes lambdas' doc strings as
comments, like main functions' doc strings, rather than inline.
[ .... ]
> Stefan
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2023-10-25 17:09 bug#66750: Unhelpful text in C-h v for variables with a lambda form as value Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-25 20:53 ` Andrea Corallo
2023-10-27 11:35 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-28 9:27 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-28 15:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-10-28 15:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-28 16:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-28 16:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-28 17:17 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-10-28 18:17 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-28 18:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-28 18:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-28 19:13 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-10-28 19:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-29 4:14 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-10-29 11:25 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-29 16:32 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-10-29 18:50 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-10-29 21:47 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-10-30 9:44 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-01 12:47 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-11-01 15:03 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-01 18:11 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-11-01 20:30 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-01 22:46 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-11-02 6:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-02 9:37 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-02 10:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-02 11:52 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-02 13:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-02 15:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-02 16:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-02 17:12 ` Andrea Corallo
2023-11-02 21:44 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-11-02 22:24 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-03 3:20 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-11-03 19:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-03 22:18 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-11-04 15:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-26 12:32 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2023-11-27 17:23 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-25 12:03 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-11-02 20:53 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-11-02 21:20 ` bug#66750: help-split-fundoc (was: bug#66750: Unhelpful text in C-h v for variables with a lambda form as value) Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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