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24.0.50; `declare' doc; conflict with cl-macs.el

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 8690 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8690: 24.0.50; `declare' doc; conflict with cl-macs.el
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:29:20 +0200

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

> Something should be done about this.  Perhaps rename the cl form to
> avoid the conflict?  Dunno.  But we shouldn't be getting into this kind
> of conflict/confusion.  Unless the two are truly compatible, in which
> case we should add the same doc string to the macro in cl-macs.el.

The subr.el definition of `declare' is:

(defmacro declare (&rest _specs)
  "Do not evaluate any arguments and return nil.
Treated as a declaration when used at the right place in a
`defmacro' form.  \(See Info anchor `(elisp)Definition of declare'.)"
  nil)

The cl-macs.el definition is:
  
(defmacro declare (&rest specs)
  (if (cl-compiling-file)
      (while specs
	(if (listp cl-declare-stack) (push (car specs) cl-declare-stack))
	(cl-do-proclaim (pop specs) nil)))
  nil)

So the cl-macs.el version extends the macro, but it's just nil, anyway.

So perhaps the fix here is just to copy over the doc string from the
subr.el version to the cl-macs.el version?
  
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