changeset 86384:cb294fc4a594

(Compiler Errors): Mention declaring functions, defvar with no initvalue, and byte-compile-warnings.

--- a/doc/lispref/compile.texi	Sat Nov 24 03:06:15 2007 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/compile.texi	Sat Nov 24 03:06:33 2007 +0000
@@ -505,6 +505,9 @@
 @code{if}, and @var{func} must appear quoted in the call to
 @code{fboundp}.  (This feature operates for @code{cond} as well.)
 
+  You can tell the compiler that a function is defined using a
+@code{declare-function} statement (@pxref{Declaring Functions}).
+
   Likewise, you can suppress a compiler warning for an unbound variable
 @var{variable} by conditionalizing its use on a @code{boundp} test,
 like this:
@@ -518,6 +521,9 @@
 @code{if}, and @var{variable} must appear quoted in the call to
 @code{boundp}.
 
+  You can tell the compiler that a variable is defined using a
+@code{defvar} statement with no initial value.
+
   You can suppress any compiler warnings using the construct
 @code{with-no-warnings}:
 
@@ -533,6 +539,9 @@
 possible piece of code.
 @end defspec
 
+More precise control of warnings is possible by setting the variable
+@code{byte-compile-warnings}.
+
 @node Byte-Code Objects
 @section Byte-Code Function Objects
 @cindex compiled function