* subr.el (kbd): Make it its own function.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 4e85ce83503..cbdf00d639d 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
+2012-06-07  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+        * subr.el (kbd): Make it its own function.
+
 2012-06-07  Stefan Merten  <smerten@oekonux.de>
 
         * textmodes/rst.el: Use `eval-when-compile' for requiring `cl.el'.
         Silence compiler warnings.  Fix versions.
-
-        (rst-position-if, rst-position, rst-some, rst-signum): New
-        functions.
+        (rst-position-if, rst-position, rst-some, rst-signum): New functions.
         (rst-shift-region, rst-adornment-level, rst-compute-tabs)
-        (rst-indent-line, rst-shift-region, rst-forward-line): Use new
-        functions.
-
+        (rst-indent-line, rst-shift-region, rst-forward-line): Use them.
         (rst-package-emacs-version-alist): Correct Emacs version to
         represent major merge with upstream.
-        (rst-transition, rst-adornment, rst-compile-toolsets): Fix
-        versions.
+        (rst-transition, rst-adornment, rst-compile-toolsets): Fix versions.
 
 2012-06-06  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 7dc5d66b747..473cc3efddd 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -525,7 +525,13 @@ side-effects, and the argument LIST is not modified."
 
 ;;;; Keymap support.
 
-(defalias 'kbd 'read-kbd-macro)
+(defun kbd (keys)
+  "Convert KEYS to the internal Emacs key representation.
+KEYS should be a string constant in the format used for
+saving keyboard macros (see `edmacro-mode')."
+  ;; Don't use a defalias, since the `pure' property is only true for
+  ;; the calling convention of `kbd'.
+  (read-kbd-macro keys))
 (put 'kbd 'pure t)
 
 (defun undefined ()