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Unhelpful text in C-h v for variables with a lambda form as value

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Message #29 received at 66750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 66750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andrea Corallo <acorallo <at> gnu.org>,
 Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#66750: Unhelpful text in C-h v for variables with a lambda
 form as value
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 13:17:13 -0400

>> > Currently feature/named-lambdas is mostly working, not fully working.

Didn't know about this feature.

I like the idea of keeping better track of the origin of lambda
expressions (tho, admittedly, the same problem occurs with other kinds
of data: I have several times been faced with a keymap or a char-table,
wondering where the heel it came from).

I took a look at

    git log -p main..origin/feature/named-lambdas

but that's 127kB, so ... could briefly describe the overall design
(IOW, how it's seen by ELisp programmers, byte-compiler hackers, and
ELisp users)?

Also, what other approaches have you considered/tried and what were the
problems you've encountered, if any?


        Stefan

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