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27.0.50; State and doc of `inline' |
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Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:10:13 +0100 |
C-h f inline gives you
| inline is an alias for `progn'.
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| (inline BODY...)
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| Eval BODY forms sequentially and return value of last one.
`inline' is quite widely used in the Emacs sources - in Gnus, for
example. But obviously not because it is such a handy alias for
`progn'. The byte compiler treats it very specially.
I think it is obvious that `inline' needs a real documentation, and
should not be defined as an alias, because this is very confusing.
If `inline' should not be used in new code because it is obsoleted by
better alternatives (inline.el, maybe? I don't know), we can declare it
obsolete. Still, as long as it is used in Emacs a lot, and developers
need to work with this code base, they need to know what `inline' is.
TIA,
Michael.
In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 5, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.24)
of 2017-11-18 built on drachen
Repository revision: 4da48312a230909a12d63987f865f25d45760773
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11905000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (buster)
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Re: bug#29367: 27.0.50; State and doc of `inline' |
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Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:58:41 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Version: 26.1
Doc added in 8d450453fa.
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