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 #43 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: Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:45:17 +0200

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

> I think that the difference is whether the user sees it as describing
> arguments to a function call, or forms in a control structure. The
> "(when COND BODY...)" version also matches the style used for `if'.
>
> Most of the other macros are intended to look like function calls to the
> user, not control structures.

Like...  `when-let'?

I think it pretty much looks like the (fn) in `when' (and `unless') is a
bug (it certainly trips up eldoc here, which would do the correct thing
if (fn) is removed).

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