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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el index 754ad9fdf19..5d504586323 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el @@ -228,6 +228,14 @@ The search is done in the source for library LIBRARY." (with-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table (goto-char (point-min)) (if (or (re-search-forward regexp nil t) + ;; `regexp' matches definitions using known forms like + ;; `defun', or `defvar'. But some functions/variables + ;; are defined using special macros (or functions), so + ;; if `regexp' can't find the definition, we look for + ;; something of the form "(SOMETHING <symbol> ...)". + ;; This fails to distinguish function definitions from + ;; variable declarations (or even uses thereof), but is + ;; a good pragmatic fallback. (re-search-forward (concat "^([^ ]+" find-function-space-re "['(]?" (regexp-quote (symbol-name symbol)) |