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describe-variable: Also tell user *where* variable was changed

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Message #19 received at 38173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>, 38173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38173: describe-variable: Also tell user *where* variable was
 changed
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:28:05 +0800

(OK, it's like telling the user your current balance is $0, your original
balance is $1000, and throwing out even the final record of what happened.
At least don't tell him his original balance then.)

Gasp, that var-watcher stuff is so complicated.

How about:
At the beginning of the user's .emacs:
(setq tracked-variables LIST_OF_TRACKED_VARIABLES)

And then if he later does describe-variable on one of them,
he gets all the places and values that variable was set.

The tracked-variables docsrting should warn: this is for debugging use
only, and adds a burden...

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