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27.0.50; interactive spec with cl-defgeneric/method

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33170 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33170: 27.0.50; interactive spec with cl-defgeneric/method
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:47:11 +0300

> From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 33170 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 07:40:11 -0500
> 
> (require 'cl-lib)
> 
> (cl-defgeneric my/test ()
>   (interactive)
>   (message "generic"))
> 
> here, M-x my/test works
> 
> (cl-defmethod my/test (&context (major-mode emacs-lisp-mode))
>   (interactive)
>   (message "method"))
> 
> Here, M-x my/test does not work.

But "M-: (my/test) RET" does.

I don't think generic functions can be interactive.  At least it is
not documented anywhere that they can be.

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