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28.2; describe-function shows wrong arguments

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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64328: closed (28.2; describe-function shows wrong arguments)
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:32:02 +0000

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From: tom <at> logand.com
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 28.2; describe-function shows wrong arguments
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:25:15 +0200

Hi,

I have noticed that describe-function sometimes shows wrong arguments.
Example:

(describe-function 'call-process-shell-command)

shows

(call-process-shell-command COMMAND &optional INFILE BUFFER DISPLAY)

but the function is defined as follows:

(defun call-process-shell-command (command &optional infile buffer display
					   &rest args)

Cheers,

Tomas







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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tomas Hlavaty <tom <at> logand.com>
Cc: 64328-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64328: 28.2; describe-function shows wrong arguments
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 21:32:05 +0300

> From: Tomas Hlavaty <tom <at> logand.com>
> Cc: 64328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:45:21 +0200
> 
> On Wed 28 Jun 2023 at 19:34, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > That's on purpose: we want the function to be called as
> > describe-function says, not as the source code says.  This is called
> > "advertised calling convention".
> 
> interesting
> 
> > This is not a bug.
> 
> sorry for the noise

No sweat.  I'm therefore closing this bug.

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