bug#2544: 23.0.60; Could etags please try find a local tag first?

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Would it make sense, in general, for etags to first try to find a tag
inside the current buffer? I am working in legacy code that has the
same name for certain help functions in many files. I would like etags
to first try find the tag inside the current buffer.

Please consider the following files:

a.c:
#include <stdio.h>

static void help_func (void)
{
  printf ("ad");
}


void a_func (void)
{
 help_func ();
 printf ("a\n");
}

a.h:
void a_func (void);

b.c:
#include <stdio.h>
#include "a.h"

static void help_func (void);

int main (void)
{
  help_func ();
  a_func ();

 return 0;
}

static void help_func (void)
{
  printf ("kalle\n");
}

c:\src\example>C:\download\emacs-cvs\bin\etags a.c a.h b.c

Then go to the line " help_func ();" in b.c and try find-tag. You will
be taken to the function defined in a.c. I know about "C-u M-.", but
that is not a very big help if there is a big number of files with
different help_funcs.

Best Regards
Mats

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In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.0.6001)
 of 2009-01-15 on LENNART-69DE564
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.0.6001
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/g/include -fno-crossjumping'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: SVE
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: C/l

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent input:
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up>
<delete> <delete> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right>
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right>
h e l p _ f u n c <delete> <delete> <delete> <delete>
<delete> <delete> <delete> C-SPC <left> <left> <left>
<left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> M-w <down>
<down> <down> <down> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left>
<left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <right> C-y
M-d <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> C-a C-SPC
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> M-; <up> <up> <up>
<up> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right>
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> h e
M-/ M-d C-x C-s <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up>
<up> <down> <down> <tab> <down> <tab> <up> <tab> <up>
C-x C-s <up> <up> <up> <end> ; C-x C-s <help-echo>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1>
<help-echo> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> M-d <down-mouse-2>
<mouse-2> M-/ M-/ <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> h e
M-/ M-d C-x C-s M-x C-g C-g C-x 5 2 <switch-frame>
M-x s h e l l <return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement>
<mouse-1> c d SPC C-y <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <return>
c d SPC <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement>
<mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> <help-echo> <down-mouse-2>
<mouse-2> <kp-enter> <up> <down> <C-up> <C-up> C-a
<delete> <delete> <delete> <end> e t a g s SPC a .
c SPC <backspace> <backspace> * SPC b * <backspace>
. * <return> C-x C-f T A G S <return> C-x k <return>
<C-up> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> c SPC a .
h SPC <delete> <delete> <right> <right> <delete> c
<return> C-x C-f <up> <return> C-x k <return> <help-echo>
<switch-frame> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1>
<drag-mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <help-echo>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> M-.
<return> <return> M-* M-x r e p o r t SPC e m a SPC
<tab> <return>

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