GNU bug report logs - #11040
24.0.94; doc string of `indirect-variable'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:08:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.94

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 11040 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11040: 24.0.94; doc string of `indirect-variable'
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:06:58 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> The doc string, unlike (elisp) `Variable Aliases', is not at all clear.
> It says nothing about what is meant here by "indirection".  This is
> Lisp.  There are several kinds of "indirection" for Lisp variables,
> including via values and via properties.

Fixed in trunk.
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