GNU bug report logs - #44529
[PATCH] Convert apropos-internal from C to Lisp

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 10:40:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 44529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: bug#44529: [PATCH] Convert apropos-internal from C to Lisp
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:01:33 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>,  44529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:14:01 -0500
> 
> > Because if we don't, every Emacs session will load it right at the
> > start.
> 
> I don't see that: elisp-mode.el calls `apropos-internal` only from
> `xref-backend-apropos`, which AFAICT is not used "right at the
> start" but only after loading `xref.el` which is itself not preloaded.

I don't want to rely on such shaky assumptions: the code in
elisp-mode.el can change any moment.

apropos-internal was always available in Emacs, so let's leave it
always available by putting it in subr.el or somesuch.
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