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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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
Cc: 17180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17180: [PATCH] eldoc doesn't find docstrings for variable aliases
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 13:37:05 -0400

> Incidentally, I wondered whether this would be better addressed
> within `documentation-property' itself

Yes, it should be fixed there directly.

> but I wasn't sure it would be correct to preclude the possibility of
> unique docstrings between aliases and their targets.

documentation-property should simply first check variable-documentation
and only when that fails, follow the alias indirection.


        Stefan
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