Re: emacs-26: `with-eval-after-load' docstring omission

[Stefan Monnier]

> The concrete issue stems from users copying a form from flycheck.el intto
> their init file, without macro-expanding it.  Of course, we can recommend
> that users copy the macro-expanded version (the defvar + the function call)
> — but that's not ideal, because not many of our users know how to do that
> (macroexpand a form).  And macroexpanding all uses in flycheck.el isn't an
> option either.

Ah, a social engineering problem.  Sorry, you're talking to the wrong guy.

> That would be nice.  It would then be safe to do
>
> (with-eval-after-load
>   (with-lazy-macro-expansion
>     …))
>
> right?

That's right.


        Stefan