# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1011149235 0
# Node ID c3e528c6c110c7cdd995208369ba827597a1c06e
# Parent  5a0d18142c4a62f6088aa1fa3298aa646481f73b
(Autoload): Explain how to autoload function definitions that use
unusual macros.

diff -r 5a0d18142c4a -r c3e528c6c110 lispref/loading.texi
--- a/lispref/loading.texi	Wed Jan 16 02:36:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/lispref/loading.texi	Wed Jan 16 02:47:15 2002 +0000
@@ -478,6 +478,18 @@
 documentation string in the @file{etc/DOC} file.  @xref{Building Emacs}.
 See also the commentary in @file{lib-src/make-docfile.c}.
 
+  If you write a function definition with an unusual macro that is not
+one of the known and recognized function definition methods, use of an
+ordinary magic autoload comment would copy the whole definition into
+@code{loaddefs.el}.  That is not desirable.  You can put the desired
+@code{autoload} call into @code{loaddefs.el} instead by writing this:
+
+@smallexample
+;;;###autoload (autoload 'foo "myfile")
+(mydefunmacro foo
+  ...)
+@end smallexample
+
 @node Repeated Loading
 @section Repeated Loading
 @cindex repeated loading