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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com, 27229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27229: eldoc wrong highlighting for "when"
Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 19:04:49 +0300

> Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
> Resent-Sender: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 12:30:56 +0200
> Cc: 27229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
> 
> > 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).
> 
> So I've now done this in Emacs 29.

So now "C-h f when" says

  (when COND &rest BODY)

where it previously said

  (when COND BODY...)

Isn't this a regression?
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 77 days ago.

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