GNU bug report logs - #17180
[PATCH] eldoc doesn't find docstrings for variable aliases

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>

Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 16:42:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: easy, fixed

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 17180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>, 17180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17180: [PATCH] eldoc doesn't find docstrings for variable
 aliases
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:35:42 -0400

> +  /* If we don't have any documentation for this symbol, try to see whether
> +     it's an indirect variable and get the documentation from there instead. */
> +  if (NILP (tem))
> +    {
> +      Lisp_Object indirect = Findirect_variable (symbol);
> +      if (!NILP (indirect))
> +	tem = Fget (indirect, prop);
> +    }

In theory documentation-property can be used for any property, so it's
not necessarily specific to variables.  IOW I think we should only do
that if `prop` is `variable-documentation`.


        Stefan
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