Re: @macro expansion bug

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

Eli> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

>> The problem is not texi2dvi, but `makeinfo -E': It doesn't expand a
>> user-defined macro in @deffn.

Eli> This is a known problem, and it is unlikely to be fixed without
Eli> either a complete rewrite of makeinfo or an incompatible change
Eli> in the syntax of @deffn and friends.

Can't we introduce a cleaner syntax, a new family of commands, and
support the other one for a few releases?  Or even keep it forever as
long as there is a clean alternative.