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Philipp Stephani |
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master 1d474ad: * etc/NEWS: Extend paragraph about &define form and backtracking |
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Sat, 10 Apr 2021 15:54:34 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 1d474ad69d19d01b047012734530fb4c5eb82144
Author: Philipp Stephani <phst@google.com>
Commit: Philipp Stephani <phst@google.com>
* etc/NEWS: Extend paragraph about &define form and backtracking
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etc/NEWS | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 328c38c..5e37b38 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2535,8 +2535,11 @@ back in Emacs 23.1. The affected functions are:
'make-obsolete',
** The 'values' variable is now obsolete.
-** The '&define' keyword in an Edebug specification now disables
-backtracking.
++++
+** The '&define' keyword in an Edebug specification now disables backtracking.
+The implementation was buggy, and multiple &define forms in an &or
+form should be exceedingly rare. See the Info node 'Backtracking' in
+the Emacs Lisp reference manual for background.
* Lisp Changes in Emacs 28.1
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