GNU bug report logs - #60432
28.2; Doc of `defalias'

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:10:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 28.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 60432 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60432: 28.2; Doc of `defalias'
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 10:45:48 +0200

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:09:29 +0000
> 
> The doc (doc string and Elisp manual) doesn't make clear that "function"
> in this context applies also to Lisp macros.  Please make that clear.

Which part of the documentation doesn't make that clear?  The
references to "function" seem all to refer to SYMBOL's function cell,
where SYMBOL is the first argument of defalias.  The doc string
says nothing AFAICT about what DEFINITION could be, and your point is
about DEFINITION.  The manual indeed said that DEFINITION could be any
Lisp function, so I added "or macro" there.  However, I wonder whether
function and macro are the only kinds of DEFINITION.  Stefan, what
exactly can the DEFINITION be?
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