Add missing dcstrings in Tramp, remove chec for obsolee methods

* lisp/net/tramp.el (tramp-progress-reporter-update)
(tramp-unload-file-name-handlers, tramp-get-local-uid)
(tramp-get-local-gid, tramp-get-local-locale):
* lisp/net/tramp-adb.el (tramp-adb-ls-date-regexp)
(tramp-adb-ls-toolbox-regexp, tramp-adb-get-ls-command):
* lisp/net/tramp-compat.el (tramp-compat-funcall):
* lisp/net/tramp-ftp.el (tramp-ftp-enable-ange-ftp):
* lisp/net/tramp-gw.el (tramp-gw-process-filter):
* lisp/net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-get-remote-path)
(tramp-get-remote-locale, tramp-get-ls-command)
(tramp-get-ls-command-with-dired)
(tramp-get-ls-command-with-quoting-style)
(tramp-get-ls-command-with-w-option)
(tramp-get-test-nt-command, tramp-get-file-exists-command)
(tramp-get-remote-ln, tramp-get-remote-perl)
(tramp-get-remote-stat, tramp-get-remote-readlink)
(tramp-get-remote-trash, tramp-get-remote-touch)
(tramp-get-remote-gvfs-monitor-dir)
(tramp-get-remote-inotifywait, tramp-get-remote-id)
(tramp-get-remote-uid-with-id)
(tramp-get-remote-uid-with-perl, tramp-get-remote-python)
(tramp-get-remote-uid-with-python, tramp-get-remote-uid)
(tramp-get-remote-gid-with-id)
(tramp-get-remote-gid-with-perl)
(tramp-get-remote-gid-with-python, tramp-get-remote-gid)
(tramp-get-env-with-u-option): Add missing docstrings.

* lisp/net/tramp.el (tramp-obsolete-methods)
(tramp-warned-obsolete-methods): Remove.
(tramp-find-method): Do not check for obsolete methods any longer.

lisp/net/tramp-adb.el

@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ It is used for TCP/IP devices."
   :group 'tramp)
 
 (defconst tramp-adb-ls-date-regexp
-  "[[:space:]][0-9]\\{4\\}-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][[:space:]][0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9][[:space:]]")
+  "[[:space:]][0-9]\\{4\\}-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][[:space:]][0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9][[:space:]]"
+  "Regexp for date format in ls output.")
 
 (defconst tramp-adb-ls-toolbox-regexp
   (concat
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ It is used for TCP/IP devices."
    "[[:space:]]+\\([^[:space:]]+\\)"	; \3 group
    "[[:space:]]+\\([[:digit:]]+\\)"	; \4 size
    "[[:space:]]+\\([-[:digit:]]+[[:space:]][:[:digit:]]+\\)" ; \5 date
-   "[[:space:]]\\(.*\\)$"))		; \6 filename
+   "[[:space:]]\\(.*\\)$")		; \6 filename
+  "Regexp for ls output.")
 
 ;;;###tramp-autoload
 (add-to-list 'tramp-methods
@@ -424,6 +426,7 @@ pass to the OPERATION."
 			   result)))))))))
 
 (defun tramp-adb-get-ls-command (vec)
+  "Determine `ls' command at its arguments."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "ls"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `ls' command")
     (if (tramp-adb-send-command-and-check vec "ls --color=never -al /dev/null")
@@ -433,8 +436,7 @@ pass to the OPERATION."
 	"ls --color=never"
       "ls")))
 
-(defun tramp-adb--gnu-switches-to-ash
-  (switches)
+(defun tramp-adb--gnu-switches-to-ash (switches)
   "Almquist shell can't handle multiple arguments.
 Convert (\"-al\") to (\"-a\" \"-l\").  Remove arguments like \"--dired\"."
   (split-string
@@ -662,7 +664,7 @@ But handle the case, if the \"test\" command is not available."
 
 (defun tramp-adb-handle-copy-file
   (filename newname &optional ok-if-already-exists keep-date
-	    _preserve-uid-gid _preserve-extended-attributes)
+   _preserve-uid-gid _preserve-extended-attributes)
   "Like `copy-file' for Tramp files.
 PRESERVE-UID-GID and PRESERVE-EXTENDED-ATTRIBUTES are completely ignored."
   (setq filename (expand-file-name filename)
@@ -1082,8 +1084,7 @@ This happens for Android >= 4.0."
       (while (re-search-forward "\r+$" nil t)
 	(replace-match "" nil nil)))))
 
-(defun tramp-adb-send-command-and-check
-  (vec command)
+(defun tramp-adb-send-command-and-check (vec command)
   "Run COMMAND and check its exit status.
 Sends `echo $?' along with the COMMAND for checking the exit
 status.  If COMMAND is nil, just sends `echo $?'.  Returns nil if

lisp/net/tramp-compat.el

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 ;; changed argument list, there are compiler warnings.  We want to
 ;; avoid them in cases we know what we do.
 (defmacro tramp-compat-funcall (function &rest arguments)
+  "Call FUNCTION if it exists.  Do not raise compiler warnings."
   `(when (or (subrp ,function) (functionp ,function))
      (with-no-warnings (funcall ,function ,@arguments))))
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ Add the extension of F, if existing."
 ;; (as PRESERVE-SELINUX-CONTEXT), and renamed in Emacs 24.3.
 (defun tramp-compat-copy-file
   (filename newname &optional ok-if-already-exists keep-date
-	    preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
+   preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
   "Like `copy-file' for Tramp files (compat function)."
   (cond
    (preserve-extended-attributes

lisp/net/tramp-ftp.el

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ present for backward compatibility."
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun tramp-ftp-enable-ange-ftp ()
+  "Reenable Ange-FTP, when Tramp is unloaded."
   ;; The following code is commented out in Ange-FTP.
 
   ;;; This regexp takes care of real ange-ftp file names (with a slash

lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el

@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ is no information where to trace the message.")
 
 (defun tramp-gvfs-do-copy-or-rename-file
   (op filename newname &optional ok-if-already-exists keep-date
-      preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
+   preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
   "Copy or rename a remote file.
 OP must be `copy' or `rename' and indicates the operation to perform.
 FILENAME specifies the file to copy or rename, NEWNAME is the name of
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ file names."
 
 (defun tramp-gvfs-handle-copy-file
   (filename newname &optional ok-if-already-exists keep-date
-	    preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
+   preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
   "Like `copy-file' for Tramp files."
   (setq filename (expand-file-name filename))
   (setq newname (expand-file-name newname))

lisp/net/tramp-gw.el

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 	  (tramp-gw-process-filter tramp-gw-gw-proc s))))))
 
 (defun tramp-gw-process-filter (proc string)
+  "Resend the string to the other pocess."
   (let ((tramp-verbose 0))
     ;; The other process might have been stopped already.  We don't
     ;; want to be interrupted then.

lisp/net/tramp-sh.el

@@ -1909,8 +1909,7 @@ be non-negative integers."
 	       ;; side.
 	       (unless (looking-at "^ok$")
 		 (tramp-error
-		  v 'file-error
-		  "\
+		  v 'file-error "\
 tramp-sh-handle-file-name-all-completions: internal error accessing `%s': `%s'"
 		  (tramp-shell-quote-argument localname) (buffer-string))))
 
@@ -1954,7 +1953,7 @@ tramp-sh-handle-file-name-all-completions: internal error accessing `%s': `%s'"
 
 (defun tramp-sh-handle-copy-file
   (filename newname &optional ok-if-already-exists keep-date
-	    preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
+   preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
   "Like `copy-file' for Tramp files."
   (setq filename (expand-file-name filename))
   (setq newname (expand-file-name newname))
@@ -2038,7 +2037,7 @@ tramp-sh-handle-file-name-all-completions: internal error accessing `%s': `%s'"
 
 (defun tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file
   (op filename newname &optional ok-if-already-exists keep-date
-      preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
+   preserve-uid-gid preserve-extended-attributes)
   "Copy or rename a remote file.
 OP must be `copy' or `rename' and indicates the operation to perform.
 FILENAME specifies the file to copy or rename, NEWNAME is the name of
@@ -5148,6 +5147,8 @@ Return ATTR."
 ;; Variables local to connection.
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-path (vec)
+  "Compile list of remote directories for $PATH.
+Nonexisting directories are removed from spec."
   (with-tramp-connection-property
       ;; When `tramp-own-remote-path' is in `tramp-remote-path', we
       ;; cache the result for the session only.  Otherwise, the result
@@ -5236,6 +5237,7 @@ Return ATTR."
 	remote-path)))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-locale (vec)
+  "Determine remote locale, supporting UTF8 if possible."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "locale"
     (tramp-send-command vec "locale -a")
     (let ((candidates '("en_US.utf8" "C.utf8" "en_US.UTF-8"))
@@ -5252,6 +5254,7 @@ Return ATTR."
       (format "LC_ALL=%s" (or locale "C")))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-ls-command (vec)
+  "Determine remote `ls' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "ls"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `ls' command")
     (or
@@ -5277,6 +5280,7 @@ Return ATTR."
      (tramp-error vec 'file-error "Couldn't find a proper `ls' command"))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-ls-command-with-dired (vec)
+  "Check, whether the remote `ls' command supports the --dired option."
   (save-match-data
     (with-tramp-connection-property vec "ls-dired"
       (tramp-message vec 5 "Checking, whether `ls --dired' works")
@@ -5287,6 +5291,7 @@ Return ATTR."
        vec (format "%s --dired -al /dev/null" (tramp-get-ls-command vec))))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-ls-command-with-quoting-style (vec)
+  "Check, whether the remote `ls' command supports the --quoting-style option."
   (save-match-data
     (with-tramp-connection-property vec "ls-quoting-style"
       (tramp-message vec 5 "Checking, whether `ls --quoting-style=shell' works")
@@ -5295,6 +5300,7 @@ Return ATTR."
 		   (tramp-get-ls-command vec))))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-ls-command-with-w-option (vec)
+  "Check, whether the remote `ls' command supports the -w option."
   (save-match-data
     (with-tramp-connection-property vec "ls-w-option"
       (tramp-message vec 5 "Checking, whether `ls -w' works")
@@ -5305,6 +5311,7 @@ Return ATTR."
        vec (format "%s -alw" (tramp-get-ls-command vec))))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-test-command (vec)
+  "Determine remote `test' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "test"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `test' command")
     (if (tramp-send-command-and-check vec "test 0")
@@ -5312,6 +5319,7 @@ Return ATTR."
       (tramp-find-executable vec "test" (tramp-get-remote-path vec)))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-test-nt-command (vec)
+  "Check, whether the remote `test' command supports the -nt option."
   ;; Does `test A -nt B' work?  Use abominable `find' construct if it
   ;; doesn't.  BSD/OS 4.0 wants the parentheses around the command,
   ;; for otherwise the shell crashes.
@@ -5333,16 +5341,19 @@ Return ATTR."
        "tramp_test_nt %s %s"))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-file-exists-command (vec)
+  "Determine remote command for file existing check."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "file-exists"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding command to check if file exists")
     (tramp-find-file-exists-command vec)))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-ln (vec)
+  "Determine remote `ln' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "ln"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `ln' command")
     (tramp-find-executable vec "ln" (tramp-get-remote-path vec))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-perl (vec)
+  "Determine remote `perl' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "perl"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `perl' command")
     (let ((result
@@ -5360,6 +5371,7 @@ Return ATTR."
       result)))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-stat (vec)
+  "Determine remote `stat' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "stat"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `stat' command")
     (let ((result (tramp-find-executable
@@ -5380,6 +5392,7 @@ Return ATTR."
       result)))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-readlink (vec)
+  "Determine remote `readlink' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "readlink"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `readlink' command")
     (let ((result (tramp-find-executable
@@ -5390,11 +5403,13 @@ Return ATTR."
 	result))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-trash (vec)
+  "Determine remote `trash' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "trash"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `trash' command")
     (tramp-find-executable vec "trash" (tramp-get-remote-path vec))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-touch (vec)
+  "Determine remote `touch' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "touch"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `touch' command")
     (let ((result (tramp-find-executable
@@ -5419,17 +5434,20 @@ Return ATTR."
       result)))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-gvfs-monitor-dir (vec)
+  "Determine remote `gvfs-monitor-dir' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "gvfs-monitor-dir"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `gvfs-monitor-dir' command")
     (tramp-find-executable
      vec "gvfs-monitor-dir" (tramp-get-remote-path vec) t t)))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-inotifywait (vec)
+  "Determine remote `inotifywait' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "inotifywait"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `inotifywait' command")
     (tramp-find-executable vec "inotifywait" (tramp-get-remote-path vec) t t)))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-id (vec)
+  "Determine remote `id' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "id"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding POSIX `id' command")
     (catch 'id-found
@@ -5443,6 +5461,7 @@ Return ATTR."
 	    (setq dl (cdr dl))))))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-uid-with-id (vec id-format)
+  "Implement `tramp-get-remote-uid' for Tramp files using `id'."
   (tramp-send-command-and-read
    vec
    (format "%s -u%s %s"
@@ -5452,6 +5471,7 @@ Return ATTR."
 	       "" "| sed -e s/^/\\\"/ -e s/\\$/\\\"/"))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-uid-with-perl (vec id-format)
+  "Implement `tramp-get-remote-uid' for Tramp files using a Perl script."
   (tramp-send-command-and-read
    vec
    (format "%s -le '%s'"
@@ -5461,6 +5481,7 @@ Return ATTR."
 	     "print \"\\\"\", scalar getpwuid($>), \"\\\"\""))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-python (vec)
+  "Determine remote `python' command."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "python"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Finding a suitable `python' command")
     (or (tramp-find-executable vec "python" (tramp-get-remote-path vec))
@@ -5468,6 +5489,7 @@ Return ATTR."
         (tramp-find-executable vec "python3" (tramp-get-remote-path vec)))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-uid-with-python (vec id-format)
+  "Implement `tramp-get-remote-uid' for Tramp files using `python'."
   (tramp-send-command-and-read
    vec
    (format "%s -c \"%s\""
@@ -5477,6 +5499,8 @@ Return ATTR."
 	     "import os, pwd; print ('\\\"' + pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0] + '\\\"')"))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-uid (vec id-format)
+  "The uid of the remote connection VEC, in ID-FORMAT.
+ID-FORMAT valid values are `string' and `integer'."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec (format "uid-%s" id-format)
     (let ((res
 	   (ignore-errors
@@ -5496,6 +5520,7 @@ Return ATTR."
        (t res)))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-gid-with-id (vec id-format)
+  "Implement `tramp-get-remote-gid' for Tramp files using `id'."
   (tramp-send-command-and-read
    vec
    (format "%s -g%s %s"
@@ -5505,6 +5530,7 @@ Return ATTR."
 	       "" "| sed -e s/^/\\\"/ -e s/\\$/\\\"/"))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-gid-with-perl (vec id-format)
+  "Implement `tramp-get-remote-gid' for Tramp files using a Perl script."
   (tramp-send-command-and-read
    vec
    (format "%s -le '%s'"
@@ -5514,6 +5540,7 @@ Return ATTR."
 	     "print \"\\\"\", scalar getgrgid($)), \"\\\"\""))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-gid-with-python (vec id-format)
+  "Implement `tramp-get-remote-gid' for Tramp files using `python'."
   (tramp-send-command-and-read
    vec
    (format "%s -c \"%s\""
@@ -5523,6 +5550,8 @@ Return ATTR."
 	     "import os, grp; print ('\\\"' + grp.getgrgid(os.getgid())[0] + '\\\"')"))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-remote-gid (vec id-format)
+  "The gid of the remote connection VEC, in ID-FORMAT.
+ID-FORMAT valid values are `string' and `integer'."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec (format "gid-%s" id-format)
     (let ((res
 	   (ignore-errors
@@ -5542,6 +5571,7 @@ Return ATTR."
        (t res)))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-env-with-u-option (vec)
+  "Check, whether the remote `env' command supports the -u option."
   (with-tramp-connection-property vec "env-u-option"
     (tramp-message vec 5 "Checking, whether `env -u' works")
     ;; Option "-u" is a GNU extension.
@@ -5704,5 +5734,6 @@ function cell is returned to be applied on a buffer."
 ;;   rsync).
 ;; * Keep a second connection open for out-of-band methods like scp or
 ;;   rsync.
+;; * Implement completion for "/method:user@host:~<abc> TAB".
 
 ;;; tramp-sh.el ends here

lisp/net/tramp-smb.el

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ call, letting the SMB client use the default one."
 	 ;; Windows 4.0 (Windows NT), Windows 5.0 (Windows 2000),
 	 ;; Windows 5.1 (Windows XP), Windows 5.2 (Windows Server 2003),
 	 ;; Windows 6.0 (Windows Vista), Windows 6.1 (Windows 7),
-	 ;; Windows 6.3 (Windows 10).
+	 ;; Windows 6.3 (Windows Server 2012, Windows 10).
 	 "NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED"
 	 "NT_STATUS_ACCOUNT_LOCKED_OUT"
 	 "NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME"
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ pass to the OPERATION."
 
 (defun tramp-smb-handle-copy-file
   (filename newname &optional ok-if-already-exists keep-date
-	    _preserve-uid-gid _preserve-extended-attributes)
+   _preserve-uid-gid _preserve-extended-attributes)
   "Like `copy-file' for Tramp files.
 KEEP-DATE has no effect in case NEWNAME resides on an SMB server.
 PRESERVE-UID-GID and PRESERVE-EXTENDED-ATTRIBUTES are completely ignored."

lisp/net/tramp.el

@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ Derived from `tramp-postfix-host-format'.")
 	           tramp-prefix-ipv6-regexp  "\\(?:" tramp-ipv6-regexp "\\)?"
 		 			     tramp-postfix-ipv6-regexp "\\)"
 	   "\\(?:" tramp-prefix-port-regexp  tramp-port-regexp "\\)?" "\\)?")
-"Regular expression matching a Tramp file name between prefix and postfix.")
+  "Regular expression matching a Tramp file name between prefix and postfix.")
 
 (defconst tramp-file-name-structure
   (list
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ calling HANDLER.")
 
 ;;; Internal functions which must come first:
 
+;; `user-error' has appeared in Emacs 24.3.
 (defsubst tramp-user-error (vec-or-proc format &rest args)
   "Signal a pilot error."
   (apply
@@ -1128,19 +1129,10 @@ entry does not exist, return nil."
     (and (stringp name)
 	 (string-match tramp-file-name-regexp name))))
 
-;; Obsoleted with Tramp 2.2.7.
-(defconst tramp-obsolete-methods
-  '("ssh1" "ssh2" "scp1" "scp2" "scpc" "rsyncc" "plink1")
-  "Obsolete methods.")
-
-(defvar tramp-warned-obsolete-methods nil
-  "Which methods the user has been warned to be obsolete.")
-
 (defun tramp-find-method (method user host)
   "Return the right method string to use.
 This is METHOD, if non-nil. Otherwise, do a lookup in
-`tramp-default-method-alist'.  It maps also obsolete methods to
-their replacement."
+`tramp-default-method-alist'."
   (let ((result
 	 (or method
 	     (let ((choices tramp-default-method-alist)
@@ -1153,19 +1145,6 @@ their replacement."
 		   (setq choices nil)))
 	       lmethod)
 	     tramp-default-method)))
-    ;; This is needed for a transition period only.
-    (when (member result tramp-obsolete-methods)
-      (unless (member result tramp-warned-obsolete-methods)
-	(if noninteractive
-	    (warn "Method %s is obsolete, using %s"
-		  result (substring result 0 -1))
-	  (unless (y-or-n-p (format "Method \"%s\" is obsolete, use \"%s\"? "
-				    result (substring result 0 -1)))
-	    (tramp-user-error nil "Method \"%s\" not supported" result)))
-	(add-to-list 'tramp-warned-obsolete-methods result))
-      ;; This works with the current set of `tramp-obsolete-methods'.
-      ;; Must be improved, if their are more sophisticated replacements.
-      (setq result (substring result 0 -1)))
     ;; We must mark, whether a default value has been used.
     (if (or method (null result))
 	result
@@ -1586,6 +1565,7 @@ If VAR is nil, then we bind `v' to the structure and `method', `user',
 (font-lock-add-keywords 'emacs-lisp-mode '("\\<with-parsed-tramp-file-name\\>"))
 
 (defun tramp-progress-reporter-update (reporter &optional value)
+  "Report progress of an operation for Tramp."
   (let* ((parameters (cdr reporter))
 	 (message (aref parameters 3)))
     (when (string-match message (or (current-message) ""))
@@ -2214,6 +2194,7 @@ Falls back to normal file name handler if no Tramp file name handler exists."
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun tramp-unload-file-name-handlers ()
+  "Unload Tramp file name handlers from `file-name-handler-alist'."
   (setq file-name-handler-alist
 	(delete (rassoc 'tramp-file-name-handler
 			file-name-handler-alist)
@@ -2271,8 +2252,7 @@ not in completion mode."
 		    (p (tramp-get-connection-process v)))
 	       (and p (processp p) (memq (process-status p) '(run open))))))))
 
-(defun tramp-completion-handle-expand-file-name
-    (name &optional dir)
+(defun tramp-completion-handle-expand-file-name (name &optional dir)
   "Like `expand-file-name' for Tramp files."
   (if (tramp-completion-mode-p)
       (progn
@@ -3792,16 +3772,22 @@ This is used internally by `tramp-file-mode-from-int'."
 
 ;;;###tramp-autoload
 (defun tramp-get-local-uid (id-format)
+  "The uid of the local user, in ID-FORMAT.
+ID-FORMAT valid values are `string' and `integer'."
   (if (equal id-format 'integer) (user-uid) (user-login-name)))
 
 ;;;###tramp-autoload
 (defun tramp-get-local-gid (id-format)
+  "The gid of the local user, in ID-FORMAT.
+ID-FORMAT valid values are `string' and `integer'."
   ;; `group-gid' has been introduced with Emacs 24.4.
   (if (and (fboundp 'group-gid) (equal id-format 'integer))
       (tramp-compat-funcall 'group-gid)
     (nth 3 (file-attributes "~/" id-format))))
 
 (defun tramp-get-local-locale (&optional vec)
+  "Determine locale, supporting UTF8 if possible.
+VEC is used for tracing."
   ;; We use key nil for local connection properties.
   (with-tramp-connection-property nil "locale"
     (let ((candidates '("en_US.utf8" "C.utf8" "en_US.UTF-8"))