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28.0.50; lisp-current-defun-name and non-standard defuns

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Message #13 received at 49592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 49592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49592: 28.0.50; lisp-current-defun-name and non-standard
 defuns
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 04:11:47 +0200

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

> > (progn
> >   ;; comment
> >   ;; about that
> >   (define-key ...)
> >   )
> >
> > With `which-function-mode' enabled, more or less the complete expression
> > is shown in the mode-line (with newlines escaped) when moving into the
> > expression.

> This function is documented as:
>
> (defun lisp-current-defun-name ()
>   "Return the name of the defun at point, or nil."
>
> There is no defun at point in this situation, so perhaps it would make
> sense to return nil here?

Isn't "defun" synonymous with "top-level-form" in such cases
(e.g. `end-of-defun')?

>  But this is also used by add-log, so perhaps
> which-func should just use something completely different and more
> strict.  I.e., skip back to the top-level form, and then use the edebug
> spec to pick out the name?

I don't follow - edebug-spec of what, in the above case?

Michael.

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