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Describe compiled function values in a friendlier way

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Describe compiled function values in a friendlier way
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 17:41:07 -0500

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Severity: wishlist
tags: patch

There was some discussion on emacs-devel [1] about the value of
eldoc-documentation-function being unreadable.  Here is a patch that
produces a more human-friendly display for compiled function values:

[1]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-06/msg00138.html

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Here's a screenshot of the result:

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Message #8 received at 25226 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 25226 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25226: Describe compiled function values in a friendlier way
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 19:57:29 +0200

> From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 17:41:07 -0500
> 
> There was some discussion on emacs-devel [1] about the value of
> eldoc-documentation-function being unreadable.  Here is a patch that
> produces a more human-friendly display for compiled function values:

I like the result, thanks.

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: 25226 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25226: Describe compiled function values in a friendlier way
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 23:01:12 -0400

close 25226 
quit

npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net writes:

> There was some discussion on emacs-devel about the value of
> eldoc-documentation-function being unreadable.  Here is a patch that
> produces a more human-friendly display for compiled function values:

I pushed a patch to add the disassembly button to the existing cl-print
output [9b0f52a86e].  It might not be quite as friendly as my original,
but it extends more gracefully to more complex values that contain
function values inside them, so let's just see how this goes.

[2: 9b0f52a86e]: 2017-06-12 22:52:37 -0400
  Buttonize #<bytecode> part of printed functions (Bug#25226)
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=9b0f52a86e8e3767d7fcf3ef2adf7aa1f58e0e93

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