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25.0.90; `C-h f' (`describe-function'): "This function has a compiler macro"

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 23264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#23264: 25.0.90; `C-h f' (`describe-function'): "This function has a compiler macro"
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 15:00:56 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This mystery sentence was added to the output of
> `describe-function' - at the very top, no less:
>
>   This function has a compiler macro.

[...]

> I admit that I still do not understand why we would tell
> users this in `C-h f' output.  And perhaps I still do not
> fully grasp the message.

It doesn't seem very useful to me either, no -- it doesn't really convey
much of interest to the user.  Eli, Stefan -- what do you think?  Should
we just remove it?

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