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: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
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 14:50:02 -0500

>> 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.

If we autoload it, it will work just as well without having to move it
outside of its most natural habitat.


        Stefan
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