Re: function doc string display
Stefan Monnier via "Emacs development discussions." <[email protected]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:54:03 -0400
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> The word "autoloaded" is confusing because it is ambiguous. > The function indeed has an autoload definition, but "autoloaded" > seems to say that it _has already been_ loaded that way. > As you can see, this is the output C-h f shows if you > have _not yet_ triggered autoloading of that definition. We say "autoloaded" both when the function has already been loaded (but was "autoloadable" before) and when it hasn't yet. > A bigger change: > If we could put the argument list into the `(autoload...)' form, We can and we do. This "arg list not available" message is the result of a bug, IMO (AFAICT it affects functions of 0 arguments). === Stefan