bug#13740: About a coding convention

[Glenn Morris]

Xue Fuqiao wrote:

> In (info "(elisp) Coding Conventions"):
>
>    * Constructs that define a function or variable should be macros,
>      not functions, and their names should start with `define-'.  The
>      macro should receive the name to be defined as the first argument.
>      That will help various tools find the definition automatically.
>      Avoid constructing the names in the macro itself, since that would
>      confuse these tools.
>
> I think macros like `cl-defsubst', `cl-defun' should be mentioned here.

Why? What would you say about them?