diff doc/lispref/loading.texi @ 111608:2f23047ca654

Fix bug #7346: document load-file-name. src/lread.c (Fload): Mention `load-in-progress' and `load-file-name'. doc/lispref/loading.texi (How Programs Do Loading): Document `load-file-name'.

--- a/doc/lispref/loading.texi	Fri Nov 12 10:37:27 2010 +0200
+++ b/doc/lispref/loading.texi	Fri Nov 12 18:35:35 2010 +0200
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@
 @code{load-path}, then all three suffixes in the second directory, and
 so on.  @xref{Library Search}.
 
+Whatever the name under which the file is eventually found, and the
+directory where Emacs found it, Emacs sets the value of the variable
+@code{load-file-name} to that file's name.
+
 If you get a warning that @file{foo.elc} is older than @file{foo.el}, it
 means you should consider recompiling @file{foo.el}.  @xref{Byte
 Compilation}.
@@ -157,6 +161,12 @@
 file, and it is @code{nil} otherwise.
 @end defvar
 
+@defvar load-file-name
+When Emacs is in the process of loading a file, this variable's value
+is the name of that file, as Emacs found it during the search
+described earlier in this section.
+@end defvar
+
 @defvar load-read-function
 @anchor{Definition of load-read-function}
 @c do not allow page break at anchor; work around Texinfo deficiency.