Re: arglist in docstring (was: mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable' )

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:06:56 -0400, "Stefan Monnier" 
<monnier+gnu/address@hidden> wrote:

> but because I want to be able to put arglist in the docstring of
> autoloaded functions

BTW, it'd be nice to have also a way to make available the obsolescence
info of autoloaded functions. Currently, the obsolescence info
associated via `make-obsolete' and `make-obsolete-variable' is only
available after the function is loaded. That sometimes forces to retain
redundant info, as in `decompose-composite-char':


> decompose-composite-char is an autoloaded Lisp function in `composite'.
> [Arg list not available until function definition is loaded.]
> 
> Convert CHAR to string.
> This is only for backward compatibility with Emacs 20.4 and earlier.

vs.

> decompose-composite-char is a compiled Lisp function in `composite'.
> (decompose-composite-char CHAR &optional TYPE WITH-COMPOSITION-RULE)
> 
> This function is obsolete since 21.1;
> use `char-to-string' instead.
> 
> Convert CHAR to string.
> This is only for backward compatibility with Emacs 20.4 and earlier.



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