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bug#12686: PATCH: ambiguous help doc strings

From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: bug#12686: PATCH: ambiguous help doc strings
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:40:06 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) 
> But I would argue for including the simple change I suggested in your patch:
> move the fn-or-var clause in `help-make-xrefs' to the top of the cond, so the
> xref link takes you to doc for both when available.

As I explained, I think this is an incorrect change: "If the docstring
explicitly refers to the function, I see no reason why Emacs should show
both the function and the var".


        Stefan
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