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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

[v1-0001-Describe-compiled-function-values-in-a-friendlier.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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Here's a screenshot of the result:

[describe-eldoc-doc-function.png (image/png, attachment)]

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