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Re: Is there a `find-function-noselect' that does not resolve aliases?


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Is there a `find-function-noselect' that does not resolve aliases?
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:10:55 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> `push-button', and I've tried to understand the code of `push-button'
> and `help-function-def--button-function', but I'm stuck. Or rather: my

But `help-function-def--button-function` has your answer (that's code
used by `C-h f`):

    [...]
    ;; Don't use find-function-noselect because it follows
    ;; aliases (which fails for built-in functions).
    (let* ((location
            (find-function-search-for-symbol fun type file))
    [...]

>From where I sit, it looks like we should change
`find-function-noselect` so it doesn't follow aliases.


        Stefan




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