GNU bug report logs - #26301
24.5; `define-derived-mode': different signatures for doc string & manual

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 15:05:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 26301 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#26301: 24.5; `define-derived-mode': different signatures for doc string & manual
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:08:35 +0200

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Docstrings can override the automatically generated signature by using
>
> (fn ...)
>
> So maybe we should do that here?

Hm...  didn't think about that.  I guess that makes sense?  We'd say

(fn ... &rest KEYWORDS &body body)

or something?  (Slightly Common Lispish.)

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 355 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.