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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:29:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <7783 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#7783: 24.0.50; (elisp) autoloading nodes, autoload cookie
	fordefine-globalized-minor-mode,...
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:03:07 -0800

> 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.
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