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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
index eb6b746bd80..80f5c28f3ec 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
@@ -87,6 +87,29 @@ that text will be copied verbatim to `generated-autoload-file'.")
(defconst generate-autoload-section-continuation ";;;;;; "
"String to add on each continuation of the section header form.")
+;; In some ways it would be nicer to use a value that is recognizably
+;; not a time-value, eg t, but that can cause issues if an older Emacs
+;; that does not expect non-time-values loads the file.
+(defconst autoload--non-timestamp '(0 0 0 0)
+ "Value to insert when `autoload-timestamps' is nil.")
+
+(defvar autoload-timestamps nil ; experimental, see bug#22213
+ "Non-nil means insert a timestamp for each input file into the output.
+We use these in incremental updates of the output file to decide
+if we need to rescan an input file. If you set this to nil,
+then we use the timestamp of the output file instead. As a result:
+ - for fixed inputs, the output will be the same every time
+ - incremental updates of the output file might not be correct if:
+ i) the timestamp of the output file cannot be trusted (at least
+ relative to that of the input files)
+ ii) any of the input files can be modified during the time it takes
+ to create the output
+ iii) only a subset of the input files are scanned
+ These issues are unlikely to happen in practice, and would arguably
+ represent bugs in the build system. Item iii) will happen if you
+ use a command like `update-file-autoloads', though, since it only
+ checks a single input file.")
+
(defvar autoload-modified-buffers) ;Dynamically scoped var.
(defun make-autoload (form file &optional expansion)
@@ -160,10 +183,12 @@ expression, in which case we want to handle forms differently."
(args (pcase car
((or `defun `defmacro
`defun* `defmacro* `cl-defun `cl-defmacro
- `define-overloadable-function) (nth 2 form))
+ `define-overloadable-function)
+ (nth 2 form))
(`define-skeleton '(&optional str arg))
((or `define-generic-mode `define-derived-mode
- `define-compilation-mode) nil)
+ `define-compilation-mode)
+ nil)
(_ t)))
(body (nthcdr (or (function-get car 'doc-string-elt) 3) form))
(doc (if (stringp (car body)) (pop body))))
@@ -179,7 +204,8 @@ expression, in which case we want to handle forms differently."
define-global-minor-mode
define-globalized-minor-mode
easy-mmode-define-minor-mode
- define-minor-mode)) t)
+ define-minor-mode))
+ t)
(eq (car-safe (car body)) 'interactive))
,(if macrop ''macro nil))))
@@ -234,9 +260,22 @@ If a buffer is visiting the desired autoload file, return it."
(enable-local-eval nil))
;; We used to use `raw-text' to read this file, but this causes
;; problems when the file contains non-ASCII characters.
- (let ((delay-mode-hooks t))
- (find-file-noselect
- (autoload-ensure-default-file (autoload-generated-file))))))
+ (let* ((delay-mode-hooks t)
+ (file (autoload-generated-file))
+ (file-missing (not (file-exists-p file))))
+ (when file-missing
+ (autoload-ensure-default-file file))
+ (with-current-buffer
+ (find-file-noselect
+ (autoload-ensure-file-writeable
+ file))
+ ;; block backups when the file has just been created, since
+ ;; the backups will just be the auto-generated headers.
+ ;; bug#23203
+ (when file-missing
+ (setq buffer-backed-up t)
+ (save-buffer))
+ (current-buffer)))))
(defun autoload-generated-file ()
(expand-file-name generated-autoload-file
@@ -277,7 +316,7 @@ The variable `autoload-print-form-outbuf' specifies the buffer to
put the output in."
(cond
;; If the form is a sequence, recurse.
- ((eq (car form) 'progn) (mapcar 'autoload-print-form (cdr form)))
+ ((eq (car form) 'progn) (mapcar #'autoload-print-form (cdr form)))
;; Symbols at the toplevel are meaningless.
((symbolp form) nil)
(t
@@ -357,25 +396,36 @@ not be relied upon."
;;;###autoload
(put 'autoload-ensure-writable 'risky-local-variable t)
+(defun autoload-ensure-file-writeable (file)
+ ;; Probably pointless, but replaces the old AUTOGEN_VCS in lisp/Makefile,
+ ;; which was designed to handle CVSREAD=1 and equivalent.
+ (and autoload-ensure-writable
+ (let ((modes (file-modes file)))
+ (if (zerop (logand modes #o0200))
+ ;; Ignore any errors here, and let subsequent attempts
+ ;; to write the file raise any real error.
+ (ignore-errors (set-file-modes file (logior modes #o0200))))))
+ file)
+
(defun autoload-ensure-default-file (file)
"Make sure that the autoload file FILE exists, creating it if needed.
If the file already exists and `autoload-ensure-writable' is non-nil,
make it writable."
- (if (file-exists-p file)
- ;; Probably pointless, but replaces the old AUTOGEN_VCS in lisp/Makefile,
- ;; which was designed to handle CVSREAD=1 and equivalent.
- (and autoload-ensure-writable
- (let ((modes (file-modes file)))
- (if (zerop (logand modes #o0200))
- ;; Ignore any errors here, and let subsequent attempts
- ;; to write the file raise any real error.
- (ignore-errors (set-file-modes file (logior modes #o0200))))))
- (write-region (autoload-rubric file) nil file))
- file)
+ (write-region (autoload-rubric file) nil file))
(defun autoload-insert-section-header (outbuf autoloads load-name file time)
"Insert the section-header line,
which lists the file name and which functions are in it, etc."
+ ;; (cl-assert ;Make sure we don't insert it in the middle of another section.
+ ;; (save-excursion
+ ;; (or (not (re-search-backward
+ ;; (concat "\\("
+ ;; (regexp-quote generate-autoload-section-header)
+ ;; "\\)\\|\\("
+ ;; (regexp-quote generate-autoload-section-trailer)
+ ;; "\\)")
+ ;; nil t))
+ ;; (match-end 2))))
(insert generate-autoload-section-header)
(prin1 `(autoloads ,autoloads ,load-name ,file ,time)
outbuf)
@@ -434,7 +484,7 @@ which lists the file name and which functions are in it, etc."
;; without checking its content. This makes it generate wrong load
;; names for cases like lisp/term which is not added to load-path.
(setq dir (expand-file-name (pop names) dir)))
- (t (setq name (mapconcat 'identity names "/")))))
+ (t (setq name (mapconcat #'identity names "/")))))
(if (string-match "\\.elc?\\(\\.\\|\\'\\)" name)
(substring name 0 (match-beginning 0))
name)))
@@ -450,8 +500,93 @@ Return non-nil in the case where no autoloads were added at point."
(let ((generated-autoload-file buffer-file-name))
(autoload-generate-file-autoloads file (current-buffer))))
-(defvar print-readably)
-
+(defun autoload--split-prefixes-1 (strs)
+ (let ((prefixes ()))
+ (dolist (str strs)
+ (string-match "\\`[^-:/_]*[-:/_]*" str)
+ (let* ((prefix (match-string 0 str))
+ (tail (substring str (match-end 0)))
+ (cell (assoc prefix prefixes)))
+ (cond
+ ((null cell) (push (list prefix tail) prefixes))
+ ((equal (cadr cell) tail) nil)
+ (t (setcdr cell (cons tail (cdr cell)))))))
+ prefixes))
+
+(defun autoload--split-prefixes (prefixes)
+ (apply #'nconc
+ (mapcar (lambda (cell)
+ (let ((prefix (car cell)))
+ (mapcar (lambda (cell)
+ (cons (concat prefix (car cell)) (cdr cell)))
+ (autoload--split-prefixes-1 (cdr cell)))))
+ prefixes)))
+
+(defvar autoload-compute-prefixes t
+ "If non-nil, autoload will add code to register the prefixes used in a file.
+Standard prefixes won't be registered anyway. I.e. if a file \"foo.el\" defines
+variables or functions that use \"foo-\" as prefix, that will not be registered.
+But all other prefixes will be included.")
+
+(defconst autoload-defs-autoload-max-size 5
+ "Target length of the list of definition prefixes per file.
+If set too small, the prefixes will be too generic (i.e. they'll use little
+memory, we'll end up looking in too many files when we need a particular
+prefix), and if set too large, they will be too specific (i.e. they will
+cost more memory use).")
+
+(defvar autoload-popular-prefixes nil)
+
+(defun autoload--make-defs-autoload (defs file)
+ ;; Remove the defs that obey the rule that file foo.el (or
+ ;; foo-mode.el) uses "foo-" as prefix.
+ ;; FIXME: help--symbol-completion-table still doesn't know how to use
+ ;; the rule that file foo.el (or foo-mode.el) uses "foo-" as prefix.
+ ;;(let ((prefix
+ ;; (concat (substring file 0 (string-match "-mode\\'" file)) "-")))
+ ;; (dolist (def (prog1 defs (setq defs nil)))
+ ;; (unless (string-prefix-p prefix def)
+ ;; (push def defs))))
+
+ ;; Then compute a small set of prefixes that cover all the
+ ;; remaining definitions.
+ (let ((prefixes (autoload--split-prefixes-1 defs))
+ (again t))
+ ;; (message "Initial prefixes %s : %S" file (mapcar #'car prefixes))
+ (while again
+ (setq again nil)
+ (let ((newprefixes
+ (sort
+ (mapcar (lambda (cell)
+ (cons cell
+ (autoload--split-prefixes-1 (cdr cell))))
+ prefixes)
+ (lambda (x y) (< (length (cdr x)) (length (cdr y)))))))
+ (setq prefixes nil)
+ (while newprefixes
+ (let ((x (pop newprefixes)))
+ (if (or (equal '("") (cdar x))
+ (and (cddr x)
+ (not (member (caar x)
+ autoload-popular-prefixes))
+ (> (+ (length prefixes) (length newprefixes)
+ (length (cdr x)))
+ autoload-defs-autoload-max-size)))
+ ;; Nothing to split or would split too deep.
+ (push (car x) prefixes)
+ ;; (message "Expand %S to %S" (caar x) (cdr x))
+ (setq again t)
+ (setq prefixes
+ (nconc (mapcar (lambda (cell)
+ (cons (concat (caar x)
+ (car cell))
+ (cdr cell)))
+ (cdr x))
+ prefixes)))))))
+ ;; (message "Final prefixes %s : %S" file (mapcar #'car prefixes))
+ (when prefixes
+ `(if (fboundp 'register-definition-prefixes)
+ (register-definition-prefixes ,file ',(mapcar #'car prefixes))))))
(defun autoload--setup-output (otherbuf outbuf absfile load-name)
(let ((outbuf
@@ -529,11 +664,11 @@ FILE's modification time."
(let (load-name
(print-length nil)
(print-level nil)
- (print-readably t) ; This does something in Lucid Emacs.
(float-output-format nil)
(visited (get-file-buffer file))
(otherbuf nil)
(absfile (expand-file-name file))
+ (defs '())
;; nil until we found a cookie.
output-start)
(when
@@ -592,13 +727,73 @@ FILE's modification time."
;; Don't read the comment.
(forward-line 1))
(t
+ ;; Avoid (defvar <foo>) by requiring a trailing space.
+ ;; Also, ignore this prefix business
+ ;; for ;;;###tramp-autoload and friends.
+ (when (and (equal generate-autoload-cookie ";;;###autoload")
+ (looking-at "(\\(def[^ ]+\\) ['(]*\\([^' ()\"\n]+\\)[\n \t]")
+ (not (member
+ (match-string 1)
+ '("define-obsolete-function-alias"
+ "define-obsolete-variable-alias"
+ "define-category" "define-key"
+ "defgroup" "defface" "defadvice"
+ ;; Hmm... this is getting ugly:
+ "define-widget"
+ "defun-rcirc-command"))))
+ (push (match-string 2) defs))
(forward-sexp 1)
(forward-line 1))))))
+ (when (and autoload-compute-prefixes defs)
+ ;; This output needs to always go in the main loaddefs.el,
+ ;; regardless of generated-autoload-file.
+ ;; FIXME: the files that don't have autoload cookies but
+ ;; do have definitions end up listed twice in loaddefs.el:
+ ;; once for their register-definition-prefixes and once in
+ ;; the list of "files without any autoloads".
+ (let ((form (autoload--make-defs-autoload defs load-name)))
+ (cond
+ ((null form)) ;All defs obey the default rule, yay!
+ ((not otherbuf)
+ (unless output-start
+ (setq output-start (autoload--setup-output
+ nil outbuf absfile load-name)))
+ (let ((autoload-print-form-outbuf
+ (marker-buffer output-start)))
+ (autoload-print-form form)))
+ (t
+ (let* ((other-output-start
+ ;; To force the output to go to the main loaddefs.el
+ ;; rather than to generated-autoload-file,
+ ;; there are two cases: if outbuf is non-nil,
+ ;; then passing otherbuf=nil is enough, but if
+ ;; outbuf is nil, that won't cut it, so we
+ ;; locally bind generated-autoload-file.
+ (let ((generated-autoload-file
+ (default-value 'generated-autoload-file)))
+ (autoload--setup-output nil outbuf absfile load-name)))
+ (autoload-print-form-outbuf
+ (marker-buffer other-output-start)))
+ (autoload-print-form form)
+ (with-current-buffer (marker-buffer other-output-start)
+ (save-excursion
+ ;; Insert the section-header line which lists
+ ;; the file name and which functions are in it, etc.
+ (goto-char other-output-start)
+ (let ((relfile (file-relative-name absfile)))
+ (autoload-insert-section-header
+ (marker-buffer other-output-start)
+ "actual autoloads are elsewhere" load-name relfile
+ (nth 5 (file-attributes absfile)))
+ (insert ";;; Generated autoloads from " relfile "\n")))
+ (insert generate-autoload-section-trailer)))))))
+
(when output-start
(let ((secondary-autoloads-file-buf
(if otherbuf (current-buffer))))
(with-current-buffer (marker-buffer output-start)
+ (cl-assert (> (point) output-start))
(save-excursion
;; Insert the section-header line which lists the file name
;; and which functions are in it, etc.
@@ -624,7 +819,9 @@ FILE's modification time."
;; We'd really want to just use
;; `emacs-internal' instead.
nil nil 'emacs-mule-unix)
- (nth 5 (file-attributes relfile))))
+ (if autoload-timestamps
+ (nth 5 (file-attributes relfile))
+ autoload--non-timestamp)))
(insert ";;; Generated autoloads from " relfile "\n")))
(insert generate-autoload-section-trailer))))
(or noninteractive
@@ -655,6 +852,8 @@ FILE's modification time."
(let ((version-control 'never))
(save-buffer)))))
+;; FIXME This command should be deprecated.
+;; See http://debbugs.gnu.org/22213#41
;;;###autoload
(defun update-file-autoloads (file &optional save-after outfile)
"Update the autoloads for FILE.
@@ -672,6 +871,9 @@ Return FILE if there was no autoload cookie in it, else nil."
(read-file-name "Write autoload definitions to file: ")))
(let* ((generated-autoload-file (or outfile generated-autoload-file))
(autoload-modified-buffers nil)
+ ;; We need this only if the output file handles more than one input.
+ ;; See http://debbugs.gnu.org/22213#38 and subsequent.
+ (autoload-timestamps t)
(no-autoloads (autoload-generate-file-autoloads file)))
(if autoload-modified-buffers
(if save-after (autoload-save-buffers))
@@ -689,6 +891,9 @@ removes any prior now out-of-date autoload entries."
(catch 'up-to-date
(let* ((buf (current-buffer))
(existing-buffer (if buffer-file-name buf))
+ (output-file (autoload-generated-file))
+ (output-time (if (file-exists-p output-file)
+ (nth 5 (file-attributes output-file))))
(found nil))
(with-current-buffer (autoload-find-generated-file)
;; This is to make generated-autoload-file have Unix EOLs, so
@@ -713,16 +918,28 @@ removes any prior now out-of-date autoload entries."
(file-time (nth 5 (file-attributes file))))
(if (and (or (null existing-buffer)
(not (buffer-modified-p existing-buffer)))
- (or
+ (cond
+ ;; FIXME? Arguably we should throw a
+ ;; user error, or some kind of warning,
+ ;; if we were called from update-file-autoloads,
+ ;; which can update only a single input file.
+ ;; It's not appropriate to use the output
+ ;; file modtime in such a case,
+ ;; if there are multiple input files
+ ;; contributing to the output.
+ ((and output-time
+ (member last-time
+ (list t autoload--non-timestamp)))
+ (not (time-less-p output-time file-time)))
;; last-time is the time-stamp (specifying
;; the last time we looked at the file) and
;; the file hasn't been changed since.
- (and (listp last-time)
- (not (time-less-p last-time file-time)))
+ ((listp last-time)
+ (not (time-less-p last-time file-time)))
;; last-time is an MD5 checksum instead.
- (and (stringp last-time)
- (equal last-time
- (md5 buf nil nil 'emacs-mule)))))
+ ((stringp last-time)
+ (equal last-time
+ (md5 buf nil nil 'emacs-mule)))))
(throw 'up-to-date nil)
(autoload-remove-section begin)
(setq found t))))
@@ -768,12 +985,13 @@ write its autoloads into the specified file instead."
(dolist (suf (get-load-suffixes))
(unless (string-match "\\.elc" suf) (push suf tmp)))
(concat "^[^=.].*" (regexp-opt tmp t) "\\'")))
- (files (apply 'nconc
+ (files (apply #'nconc
(mapcar (lambda (dir)
(directory-files (expand-file-name dir)
t files-re))
dirs)))
- (done ())
+ (done ()) ;Files processed; to remove duplicates.
+ (changed nil) ;Non-nil if some change occured.
(last-time)
;; Files with no autoload cookies or whose autoloads go to other
;; files because of file-local autoload-generated-file settings.
@@ -782,13 +1000,16 @@ write its autoloads into the specified file instead."
(generated-autoload-file
(if (called-interactively-p 'interactive)
(read-file-name "Write autoload definitions to file: ")
- generated-autoload-file)))
+ generated-autoload-file))
+ (output-time
+ (if (file-exists-p generated-autoload-file)
+ (nth 5 (file-attributes generated-autoload-file)))))
(with-current-buffer (autoload-find-generated-file)
(save-excursion
;; Canonicalize file names and remove the autoload file itself.
(setq files (delete (file-relative-name buffer-file-name)
- (mapcar 'file-relative-name files)))
+ (mapcar #'file-relative-name files)))
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (search-forward generate-autoload-section-header nil t)
@@ -800,14 +1021,15 @@ write its autoloads into the specified file instead."
;; Remove the obsolete section.
(autoload-remove-section (match-beginning 0))
(setq last-time (nth 4 form))
- (when (listp last-time)
- (dolist (file file)
- (let ((file-time (nth 5 (file-attributes file))))
- (when (and file-time
- (not (time-less-p last-time file-time)))
- ;; file unchanged
- (push file no-autoloads)
- (setq files (delete file files)))))))
+ (if (member last-time (list t autoload--non-timestamp))
+ (setq last-time output-time))
+ (dolist (file file)
+ (let ((file-time (nth 5 (file-attributes file))))
+ (when (and file-time
+ (not (time-less-p last-time file-time)))
+ ;; file unchanged
+ (push file no-autoloads)
+ (setq files (delete file files))))))
((not (stringp file)))
((or (not (file-exists-p file))
;; Remove duplicates as well, just in case.
@@ -815,13 +1037,19 @@ write its autoloads into the specified file instead."
;; If the file is actually excluded.
(member (expand-file-name file) autoload-excludes))
;; Remove the obsolete section.
+ (setq changed t)
(autoload-remove-section (match-beginning 0)))
- ((and (listp (nth 4 form))
- (not (time-less-p (nth 4 form)
- (nth 5 (file-attributes file)))))
+ ((not (time-less-p (let ((oldtime (nth 4 form)))
+ (if (member oldtime
+ (list
+ t autoload--non-timestamp))
+ output-time
+ oldtime))
+ (nth 5 (file-attributes file))))
;; File hasn't changed.
nil)
(t
+ (setq changed t)
(autoload-remove-section (match-beginning 0))
(if (autoload-generate-file-autoloads
;; Passing `current-buffer' makes it insert at point.
@@ -841,7 +1069,8 @@ write its autoloads into the specified file instead."
(autoload-generate-file-autoloads file nil buffer-file-name))
(push file no-autoloads)
(if (time-less-p no-autoloads-time file-time)
- (setq no-autoloads-time file-time)))))
+ (setq no-autoloads-time file-time)))
+ (t (setq changed t))))
(when no-autoloads
;; Sort them for better readability.
@@ -850,11 +1079,17 @@ write its autoloads into the specified file instead."
(goto-char (point-max))
(search-backward "\f" nil t)
(autoload-insert-section-header
- (current-buffer) nil nil no-autoloads no-autoloads-time)
+ (current-buffer) nil nil no-autoloads (if autoload-timestamps
+ no-autoloads-time
+ autoload--non-timestamp))
(insert generate-autoload-section-trailer)))
- (let ((version-control 'never))
- (save-buffer))
+ ;; Don't modify the file if its content has not been changed, so `make'
+ ;; dependencies don't trigger unnecessarily.
+ (when changed
+ (let ((version-control 'never))
+ (save-buffer)))
+
;; In case autoload entries were added to other files because of
;; file-local autoload-generated-file settings.
(autoload-save-buffers))))
@@ -886,7 +1121,7 @@ should be non-nil)."
(push (expand-file-name file) autoload-excludes)))))))
(let ((args command-line-args-left))
(setq command-line-args-left nil)
- (apply 'update-directory-autoloads args)))
+ (apply #'update-directory-autoloads args)))
(provide 'autoload)