GNU bug report logs - #9115
`documentation' should let you choose whether to include `usage'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:06:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 9115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9115: 24.0.50;
	`documentation' should not return args list for CL defun*.
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:51:39 +0200

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com> writes:

> (defun* foo (&rest args) nil)
> (documentation 'foo)
> Give ==>
> "
>
> (fn &rest ARGS)"
>
> which is wrong.

Why is that wrong?  You need the signature to properly display the
original argument list.

Andreas.

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