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>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 27229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27229: eldoc wrong highlighting for "when"
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2021 08:36:26 +0200

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

> Without using "fn", it is shown as "(when COND &rest BODY)" which is
> less helpful than showing "(when COND BODY...)".

What do you feel the semantic difference is between the two?  And why
should `when' have this fn rewrite when we have hundreds of other
macros with &rest body that don't have an fn?

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