Subject: Re: bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is

From: Wolfgang Jenkner <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:55:55 +0200

On Fri, Jul 06 2012, Michael Witten wrote:

> +(@pxref{Symbols}); binding is frequently referred to as @dfn{setting},

This is a bit misleading, except when speaking of previously unbound
symbols or when using "is set" as a stative perfect.  Could you please
give an example where binding a bound symbol is described as "setting"
it?  IMHO, this would be a documentation bug.

Wolfgang