GNU bug report logs - #48768
Introducing ability to append to docstring

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ludvig-faddeev <at> gmx.com

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 00:08:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: ludvig-faddeev <at> gmx.com
Cc: 48768 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48768: Introducing ability to append to docstring
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 17:36:20 +0200

ludvig-faddeev <at> gmx.com writes:

> A useful capability would allow one to append to a defun docstring
> using a defvar.
>
> User could write a brief description for the docstring, and later
> append more details
> from a defvar.

I do not think that would be a useful interface -- you can append and
change doc strings all you want by manipulating the
`function-documentation' property.

So I'm closing this bug report.

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