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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2003-08-06 01:25:23 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2003-08-06 01:25:23 +0000
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(Instrumenting Macro Calls): Don't define `declare' here;
instead xref Defining Macros.
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@@ -1077,15 +1077,14 @@ For example, (for i from 1 to 10 do (print i))."
...)
@end example
-@defspec declare (edebug @var{specification})
-Specify which expressions of a call to the macro in which the
-declaration appears are forms to be evaluated. For simple macros, the
-@var{specification} often looks very similar to the formal argument list
-of the macro definition, but specifications are much more general than
-macro arguments.
-@end defspec
-
-You can also define an edebug specification for a macro separately
+ The Edebug specifation says which parts of a call to the macro are
+forms to be evaluated. For simple macros, the @var{specification}
+often looks very similar to the formal argument list of the macro
+definition, but specifications are much more general than macro
+arguments. @xref{Defining Macros}, for more explanation of
+the @code{declare} special form.
+
+ You can also define an edebug specification for a macro separately
from the macro definition with @code{def-edebug-spec}. Adding
@code{edebug} declarations is preferred, and more convenient, for
macro definitions in Lisp, but @code{def-edebug-spec} makes it