Re: IDE

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:37:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
>         address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> > > Where "definition" can be whatever you want, AFAIK.
> > 
> > "Definition" in this context means the implementation.  There's only
> > one implementation, but there might be many references
> > (a.k.a. "calls").
> 
> That just assumes that you index only the "implementation".

No, it's a definition of "definition" in this context.

> Is a TAGS file limited to symbols?  I didn't think so.

The "tags" are symbols, yes.

> And I definitely have TAGS files that have multiple entries
> for the same symbol definition.  The definitions are from
> different source files, but they are in the same TAGS file
> (in different sections, separated by form-feed chars).
> 
> For example:
> 
> ^L
> frame-cmds-OLD.el,1980
> (defun iconify-everything ()iconify-everything
298,11152
> ...
> ^L
> frame-cmds.el,1890
> (defun iconify-everything ()iconify-everything
141,5218

These are two different symbols, because the file name is (implicitly)
part of it.  There can be at most one definition per file, but many
references.

Anyway, what's this thread about, exactly?