GNU bug report logs - #25292
Ambiguity in doc string of defvar

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Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 18:20:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 25292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25292: Ambiguity in doc string of defvar
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:35:07 +0200

> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:42:38 +0000
> Cc: 25292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
> 
>     If SYMBOL's value is void and the optional argument INITVALUE is
>     provided, INITVALUE is evaluated and the result used to set SYMBOL.
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"...to set SYMBOL's value."

>     If SYMBOL is buffer-local, its default value is what is set;
>     buffer-local values are not affected.  If INITVALUE is missing,
>     SYMBOL's value is not set.
>  
> What do you think?

Other than that, LGTM, thanks.
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