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-rw-r--r--lisp/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el13
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 37b8d7f98eb..aa3ea918e58 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-11-14 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * emacs-lisp/elint.el (elint-standard-variables): Doc fix.
+
2009-11-14 Shigeru Fukaya <shigeru.fukaya@gmail.com>
* emacs-lisp/elint.el (elint-standard-variables): Add some variables
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el
index ec408d2d45a..bcb399c23f3 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el
@@ -118,13 +118,15 @@ are as follows, and suppress messages about the indicated features:
;;; Data
;;;
-;; FIXME does this serve any useful purpose now elint-builtin-variables exists?
(defconst elint-standard-variables
+ ;; Most of these are defined in C with no documentation.
+ ;; FIXME I don't see why they shouldn't just get doc-strings.
'(vc-mode local-write-file-hooks activate-menubar-hook buffer-name-history
coding-system-history extended-command-history
kbd-macro-termination-hook read-expression-history
yes-or-no-p-history)
- "Standard buffer local variables, excluding `elint-builtin-variables'.")
+ "Standard variables, excluding `elint-builtin-variables'.
+These are variables that we cannot detect automatically for some reason.")
(defvar elint-builtin-variables nil
"List of built-in variables. Set by `elint-initialize'.
@@ -638,6 +640,13 @@ Returns the environment created by the form."
(defun elint-unbound-variable (var env)
"T if VAR is unbound in ENV."
+ ;; #1063 suggests adding (symbol-file var) here, but I don't think
+ ;; this is right, because it depends on what files you happen to have
+ ;; loaded at the time, which might not be the same when the code runs.
+ ;; It also suggests adding:
+ ;; (numberp (get var 'variable-documentation))
+ ;; (numberp (cdr-safe (get var 'variable-documentation)))
+ ;; but this is not needed now elint-scan-doc-file exists.
(not (or (memq var '(nil t))
(eq var elint-bound-variable)
(elint-env-find-var env var)