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[FR] 30.0.50; Help buffers and function bodies for generated functions

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: gregory <at> heytings.org, yantar92 <at> posteo.net, 60568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mardani29 <at> yahoo.es
Subject: bug#60568: [FR] 30.0.50; Help buffers and function bodies for generated functions
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 08:55:38 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: 60568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
>   yantar92 <at> posteo.net,  mardani29 <at> yahoo.es
> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:36:04 -0500
> 
> >>>>> What about the attached patch?  It seems to work well.
> >>>> SGTM.  With which cases did you test this?
> >>>> Adding Stefan, in case he has any comments.
> >> SGTM as well.
> > TBH, I'm not sure this is useful anymore, if the 'definition-name' slot is
> > supposed to be used for such functions (which I didn't know).  WDYT?
> 
> If you look at the code of `find-func.el` you'll see that we already
> rely on heuristics, so it seems like a natural complement.
> But I agree that `definition-name` is usually preferable since it's more
> reliable.  Still most people don't know `definition-name`, so it can
> still be helpful.

Maybe people will know better if definition-name would be documented.

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