Re: master 9291e73 02/12: Add new 'declare' forms for command completion predicates

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:

> Why should explicit #'-quoting be needed for (declare (completion foo))
> when it's not needed for any other declare form property, including the
> new and related 'modes' property:
>
>   (declare (modes foo))
>   (declare (gv-setter foo))
>   (declare (gv-expander foo))
>   (declare (obsolete foo ...))
>   (declare (interactive-only foo))
>   (declare (compiler-macro foo))
>   (declare (indent foo))
>
> How is (declare (completion ...)) any different to these?

Most of those refer to symbols (or numbers), so #'-ing is irrelevant.
But gv-setter (for one) does refer to a function, so there's precedence
for using symbols instead of functions here indeed.

Anybody else have an opinion?

>> or if it's a lambda, that Emacs will eventually byte-compile it before
>> sticking it into the plist.
>
> Does the proposed patch stop that from happening?

Not at all.  I just wanted to mention it.

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