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30.0.50; [WISHLIST] loaddefs-generate--make-autoload should expose variables which can be added to

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From: Nicholas Vollmer <nv <at> parenthetic.dev>
To: 71382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71382: 30.0.50; [WISHLIST] loaddefs-generate--make-autoload should expose variables which can be added to
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 06:40:26 -0400

When improving EXWM, we wanted to write a macro which expanded to 
a global minor mode definition. However, adding an ;;;###autoload 
cookie did not generate the proper autoloads because 
loaddefs-generate--make-autoload had no way of knowing our macro 
needed to be expanded first. It would be nice if these lists in 
loaddefs-generate--make-autoload  could be moved out into a 
variable, so it can be added to programmatically:

    ;; For complex cases, try again on the macro-expansion.
    ((and (memq car '(easy-mmode-define-global-mode 
    define-global-minor-mode
                      define-globalized-minor-mode defun defmacro
		       easy-mmode-define-minor-mode define-minor-mode
                      define-inline cl-defun cl-defmacro 
                      cl-defgeneric
                      cl-defstruct pcase-defmacro iter-defun 
                      cl-iter-defun))
          (macrop car)


    ;; For special function-like operators, use the `autoload' 
    function.

    ((memq car '(define-skeleton define-derived-mode
                  define-compilation-mode define-generic-mode
		   easy-mmode-define-global-mode define-global-minor-mode
		   define-globalized-minor-mode
		   easy-mmode-define-minor-mode define-minor-mode
		   cl-defun defun* cl-defmacro defmacro*
                  define-overloadable-function
                  transient-define-prefix transient-define-suffix
                  transient-define-infix 
                  transient-define-argument))

That would prevent another package like transient from having to 
patch loaddefs-gen.el directly.

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