GNU bug report logs - #49592
28.0.50; lisp-current-defun-name and non-standard defuns

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Message #25 received at 49592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 49592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49592: 28.0.50; lisp-current-defun-name and non-standard
 defuns
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 14:15:35 +0200

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> Makes sense - but I don't know if it's a big win and Edebug specs help
> out in enough cases (lots of macros don't have one, even in Emacs
> itself, e.g. `defvar-keymap').

I think we should consider those cases to be bugs and fix them.

> Anyway, it wouldn't harm and motivate people even more to write Edebug
> specs.

Yes, that'd be a nice side effect.

> Or do you intent to give up the heuristic of using the first
> argument completely?  I don't think that would be a good idea.

No, if there's no (usable) edebug spec, we should fall back to that
heuristic, I think.

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