bug#48779: (:documentation mydoc) not working

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> writes:

> I have the code below.  Doing "C-h f aoe" gives
>
> -------- help ---------
>
> aoe is a Lisp function in ‘gungadin.el’.
>
> (aoe X)
>
> Not documented.
>
> -------- code --------
>
> (defvar mydoc "foobar")
>
> (defun aoe (x)
>   (:documentation mydoc)
>   (+ x 42))

This undocumented feature only works in lexical-binding buffers.

And there's no need to post bug reports about things you're wondering
about, especially when you're also discussing this on other Emacs
mailing lists.

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