GNU bug report logs - #7783
24.0.50; (elisp) autoloading nodes, autoload cookie for define-globalized-minor-mode,...

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Message #14 received at 7783 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7783 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7783: 24.0.50; (elisp) autoloading nodes, autoload
	cookie	fordefine-globalized-minor-mode,...
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:52:22 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:03:07 -0800
> Cc: 
> 
> > What about `define-globalized-minor-mode'?  If that is not handled
> > similarly, then that is a code bug - it should be.  If it is handled
> > similarly by a cookie then it should be included in the doc 
> > list.  Users should not need to consult the source code to try to
> > determine what an autoload cookie before
> > `define-globalized-minor-mode' will do.
> 
> Likewise `define-widget' and any others.  In sum the list in the manual should
> be complete, so users need not guess what gets handled by an autoload cookie and
> what does not.

The text sounds as if the list is exhaustive, so the only issue is
whether it is correct or not.

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