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Re: RFA: Document RETURN_VALUE_ON_STACK
> From: Jim Blandy <jimb@cygnus.com>
> Date: 21 Apr 2000 18:01:21 -0500
>
> > Personally, I dislike the @defXXX commands, because they violate the
> > Texinfo language rules (e.g., use unescaped braces). Their handling
> > in makeinfo is a horrible kludge which has subtle problems and
> > idiosyncrasies.
>
> Well, they generally work okay for me.
Try using @value or a macro inside the @def commands, and you will see
the problems.
> The way people have handled the existing entries is evidence that
> the alternative (doing it by hand) is less than appealing.
For the job at hand, @ftable seems to be well suited. It indexes
automatically as well.
> I happily leave the decision to the maintainers, but I vote for the
> @def functions. If you decide in favor of it, I'll put my money where
> my mouth is and do the conversion.
I don't have any strong feelings either way. Stan?