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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/advice.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/advice.el
index bc047802720..7686722c5be 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/advice.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/advice.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
;;; advice.el --- an overloading mechanism for Emacs Lisp functions
-;; Copyright (C) 1993,1994,2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1993,1994,2000,01,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Hans Chalupsky <hans@cs.buffalo.edu>
;; Maintainer: FSF
@@ -2563,29 +2563,31 @@ supplied to make subr arglist lookup more efficient."
Either use the one stored under the `ad-subr-arglist' property,
or try to retrieve it from the docstring and cache it under
that property, or otherwise use `(&rest ad-subr-args)'."
- (cond ((ad-subr-args-defined-p subr-name)
- (ad-get-subr-args subr-name))
- ;; says jwz: Should use this for Lemacs 19.8 and above:
- ;;((fboundp 'subr-min-args)
- ;; ...)
- ;; says hans: I guess what Jamie means is that I should use the values
- ;; of `subr-min-args' and `subr-max-args' to construct the subr arglist
- ;; without having to look it up via parsing the docstring, e.g.,
- ;; values 1 and 2 would suggest `(arg1 &optional arg2)' as an
- ;; argument list. However, that won't work because there is no
- ;; way to distinguish a subr with args `(a &optional b &rest c)' from
- ;; one with args `(a &rest c)' using that mechanism. Also, the argument
- ;; names from the docstring are more meaningful. Hence, I'll stick with
- ;; the old way of doing things.
- (t (let ((doc (or (ad-real-documentation subr-name t) "")))
- (cond ((string-match "^\\(([^\)]+)\\)\n?\\'" doc)
- (ad-define-subr-args
- subr-name
- (cdr (car (read-from-string
- (downcase (match-string 1 doc))))))
- (ad-get-subr-args subr-name))
- ;; This is actually an error.
- (t '(&rest ad-subr-args)))))))
+ (if (ad-subr-args-defined-p subr-name)
+ (ad-get-subr-args subr-name)
+ ;; says jwz: Should use this for Lemacs 19.8 and above:
+ ;;((fboundp 'subr-min-args)
+ ;; ...)
+ ;; says hans: I guess what Jamie means is that I should use the values
+ ;; of `subr-min-args' and `subr-max-args' to construct the subr arglist
+ ;; without having to look it up via parsing the docstring, e.g.,
+ ;; values 1 and 2 would suggest `(arg1 &optional arg2)' as an
+ ;; argument list. However, that won't work because there is no
+ ;; way to distinguish a subr with args `(a &optional b &rest c)' from
+ ;; one with args `(a &rest c)' using that mechanism. Also, the argument
+ ;; names from the docstring are more meaningful. Hence, I'll stick with
+ ;; the old way of doing things.
+ (let ((doc (or (ad-real-documentation subr-name t) "")))
+ (if (not (string-match "\n\n\\((.+)\\)\\'" doc))
+ ;; Signalling an error leads to bugs during bootstrapping because
+ ;; the DOC file is not yet built (which is an error, BTW).
+ ;; (error "The usage info is missing from the subr %s" subr-name)
+ '(&rest ad-subr-args)
+ (ad-define-subr-args
+ subr-name
+ (cdr (car (read-from-string
+ (downcase (match-string 1 doc))))))
+ (ad-get-subr-args subr-name)))))
(defun ad-docstring (definition)
"Return the unexpanded docstring of DEFINITION."
@@ -3983,4 +3985,5 @@ Use only in REAL emergencies."
(provide 'advice)
+;;; arch-tag: 29f8c9a1-8c88-471f-95d7-e28541c6b7c0
;;; advice.el ends here