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bug#64328: 28.2; describe-function shows wrong arguments
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#64328: 28.2; describe-function shows wrong arguments |
Date: |
Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:34:55 +0300 |
tags 64328 notabug
thanks
> From: tom@logand.com
> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:25:15 +0200
>
> I have noticed that describe-function sometimes shows wrong arguments.
> Example:
>
> (describe-function 'call-process-shell-command)
>
> shows
>
> (call-process-shell-command COMMAND &optional INFILE BUFFER DISPLAY)
>
> but the function is defined as follows:
>
> (defun call-process-shell-command (command &optional infile buffer display
> &rest args)
That's on purpose: we want the function to be called as
describe-function says, not as the source code says. This is called
"advertised calling convention".
This is not a bug.