Re: a property "definition-type" would help find macro-defined tests

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stephen Gildea <stepheng+emacs@gildea.com>
> Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:13:38 -0800
> 
> In the two weeks since posting the proposal for a new property
> "definition-type" (find-function-search-for-symbol would use
> it instead of the passed-in type to find a definition), I have
> received only one response, an enthusiastic "yes, please!"
> 
> So unless I hear any objections now, I will go ahead and add this feature.
> 
> In addition to the small code and doc-string changes to
> find-function-search-for-symbol, I will expand the Emacs Lisp
> manual's documentation of definition-name in node "Standard
> Properties" to include definition-type.  I will also mention
> definition-type, with cross reference, in "defining functions
> dynamically" and, in the ERT manual, in "How to Write Tests".

Please post the full patch before you install it.  Your original
message only shows a very small part of the tip of this particular
iceberg, which makes it hard to provide useful feedback.

Thanks.