GNU bug report logs - #27229
eldoc wrong highlighting for "when"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Charles A. Roelli" <charles <at> aurox.ch>

Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 10:21:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed

Found in versions 25.2, 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #31 received at 27229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 27229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27229: eldoc wrong highlighting for "when"
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:37:09 +0200

Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> Anybody know what the point of the (fn...) here is?
>
> Have a look at (info "(elisp) Function Documentation") which explains
> this usage. Perhaps eldoc needs fixing to understand that idiom.

I know what (fn ...) does.  I'm asking what's the point of it here,
since the (fn ...) just seems to restate what's already the actual
parameter list.

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