Add arglist info for autoloaded functions and macros. lisp/ChangeLog addition: 2009-09-20 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> Add arglist information to docstrings for autoloaded functions and macros. * hyper-apropos.el (hyper-apropos-get-doc): Treat autoload docstrings like subr docstrings; correct the regexp used. * help.el (describe-function-show-arglist): This no longer treats autoloads specially. (function-arglist): Treat autoload docstrings like subr docstrings. (function-documentation): Treat documentation strings that are zero-length after the arglist has been removed as indicating a lack of documentation. * cl-macs.el (case): (ecase): (typecase): (etypecase): (block): (return): (return-from): (progv): (lexical-let): (lexical-let*): (remf): (callf): (callf2): (define-modify-macro): (deftype): (define-compiler-macro): Rely on the autoload code to always show an arglist for these functions, don't supply an ad-hoc one in the docstring. These changes are for the most obvious functions; there are some missed that would require changing argument names in the docstring or in the function bodies. * autoload.el (make-autoload): Add arg list information to the doc string, using the same approach as for subrs.

--- a/lisp/hyper-apropos.el	Sun Sep 20 21:41:22 2009 +0100
+++ b/lisp/hyper-apropos.el	Sun Sep 20 23:50:05 2009 +0100
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@
 		       ((eq symtype 'bytecode)
 			(princ (or (compiled-function-arglist newsym)
 				   "()")))
-		       ((and (eq symtype 'subr)
+		       ((and (or (eq symtype 'subr) (eq symtype 'autoload))
 			     (string-match
-			      "[\n\t ]*\narguments: ?\\((.*)\\)\n?\\'"
+                              "[\n\t ]*\narguments: ?(\\([^)]*\\))\n?\\'"
 			      doc))
 			(insert (substring doc
 					   (match-beginning 1)