> Correct, but this "read time" is "docstring read time", which I don't think
> is technically the same as "Lisp read time".
>
> And I also agree that maybe we don't "need" this urgently, for s.el
> or at all. But it would be a nice-to-have, especially if it's easy to
> implement.
The natural place to do that is where we prepare the Help buffer and
generate the cross-links.
If, by then, the link to the original value of `read-symbol-shorthands` in
the original buffer (where the definition with the docstring was loaded
from) has been severed, then it's not a good place.
If this link still exists, then it's a good place.
João