bug#48779: (:documentation mydoc) not working

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2021 at 3:33 AM
> From: "Lars Ingebrigtsen" <larsi@gnus.org>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: 48779@debbugs.gnu.org
> Subject: bug#48779: (:documentation mydoc) not working
>
> 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.

I put it as it did seem a difficult problem that still remains unsolved.
 
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