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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2007-11-22 20:26:33 +0000
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2007-11-22 20:26:33 +0000
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treece5ad1b5b92eee26b3e083f58f3e2612a8692f0b /lisp/emacs-lisp
parent7d4184ba6f4495a049b179c948acbd05da4c5040 (diff)
downloademacs-e3e7216217d8df0261e4e317c7d2e368d78a9377.tar.gz
(declare-function): Doc fix.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp')
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el
index 2ba708d9c92..9a516b9d36e 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el
@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@ definition for FN. ARGLIST is used by both the byte-compiler and
`check-declare' to check for consistency.
FILE can be either a Lisp file (in which case the \".el\"
-extension is optional), or a C file. FILE should be either
-absolute, or relative to the location of the file containing the
-declaration (for a Lisp file), or to the Emacs \"src/\" directory
-\(for a C file).
+extension is optional), or a C file. C files are expanded
+relative to the Emacs \"src/\" directory. Lisp files are
+searched for using `locate-library', and if that fails they are
+expanded relative to the location of the file containing the
+declaration.
Note that for the purposes of `check-declare', this statement
must be the first non-whitespace on a line, and everything up to