GNU bug report logs - #37063
26.2.90; Problems with recent CL support in checkdoc

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me>
Cc: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>, 37063 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37063: 26.2.90; Problems with recent CL support in checkdoc
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:22:52 +0200

Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me> writes:

> In the context of bug#37034, some initial support for CL functions and
> methods was added to checkdoc.  On my code, the changes make checkdoc
> trigger warnings on perfectly valid code IMO. For example,
>
>   (cl-defmethod foo ((a list)) "Return A.")
>
> Checkdoc complains that LIST should be described. I disagree with that,
> list is a type, not a argument name.
>
> I attach to this bug report a patch introducing test cases to
> checkdoc-tests.el. If it's not possible to implement full support for CL
> I prefer that checkdoc doesn't complain even if there is a bug in the
> docstring rather than checkdoc complains when the docstring is correct.

After a patch was submitted that fixed most of the cases (except the
&context and &aux ones, I believe), I've applied your checkdoc-tests.el
patch (except those two functions).

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