Re: Should diff.elisp.xfuncname match cl-lib macros?

[Juri Linkov]

>> Maybe this feature could be used by ‘C-x v h’ (vc-region-history)
>> in case when there is no active region.  Currently it signals
>> an error "The mark is not active now", but could use the name
>> of the current defun for '-L :defun:filename'.
>
> Wouldn't mark-defun give a better result (i.e. let the major mode
> determine the corresponding region rather than rely on Git's xfuncname)?

I can confirm that 'C-M-h C-x v h' produces the same result as
'-L :funcname:filename' for most cases, and is more reliable
for ambiguous names like 'next-line'.