[slime-devel] Re: Autodoc and partial forms

[Tobias C. Rittweiler]

Ariel Badichi <abadichi at bezeqint.net> writes:

> (defun
>
> (defun foo (x) (+ x 1))
>
> - and point is after the first defun and before the beginning of the
> second defun, no autodoc string will appear in the minibuffer.
>
> The reason for this, essentially, is that slime-inside-string-p calls
> slime-region-for-defun-at-point, which calls end-of-defun, which
> signals an error.  

This analysis is absolutely correct.

> slime-inside-string-p only needs the position of the beginning of the
> defun from slime-region-for-defun-at-point.  I chose to fix it,
> however, by changing what the latter does.  If the end position cannot
> be determined, nil will be used in its place.

I changed `slime-inside-string-p' to use 

   (save-excursion (beginning-of-defun) (point))

instead. I think that's better than changing the function
`slime-region-for-defun-at-point' which is also used at other places.

Thanks for the report!

  -T.