Re: Macros in @deffn

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:48:28 +0200
> 
> For some reason, the following macro @acro cannot be used in @deffn,
> while its expansion is.

Sorry, makeinfo doesn't expand macros in @defXX lines.  That is
because @defXX directives violate the Texinfo syntax: they allow
unescaped sole braces {} as part of the arguments, which Texinfo
disallows everywhere else.  So the normal Texinfo parser, which
expands macros as part of its job, cannot be used to parse @defXX.

I'd be more than happy if the current syntax of @defXX coulod be
thrown away and a new, regular one designed in its stead.