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Improve documentation of `makunbound' and `fmakunbound'

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 41026 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41026: Improve documentation of `makunbound' and `fmakunbound'
Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 16:17:04 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
>> Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 15:53:37 +0200
>> 
>>  DEFUN ("makunbound", Fmakunbound, Smakunbound, 1, 1, 0,
>> -       doc: /* Make SYMBOL's value be void.
>> -Return SYMBOL.  */)
>> +       doc: /* Make variable SYMBOL's value be void.
>> +Return SYMBOL.
>> +
>> +For more information, see Info node `(elisp) Void Variables'.
>> +
>> +The corresponding operation for functions is `fmakunbound'.  */)
>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> The "corresponding" part isn't accurate, is it?

Sorry, I thought it was.  But my understanding of this is probably
much too naive.

Would we avoid the inaccuracy by deleting the word "corresponding"?

Thank you for reviewing.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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