Subject: bug#42591: closed (Re: bug#42591: A minor error in the Elisp manual)

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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:44:02 +0000

Your bug report

#42591: A minor error in the Elisp manual

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#42591: A minor error in the Elisp manual
From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
To: Jay Bingham <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:43:06 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Jay Bingham <[email-masked]> writes:

> In the Elisp manual in section 9.2 Defining Symbols, the first sentence in the third paragraph says:
>
> In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, whether not it has first been defined as a variable.
>
> I believe that the word 'or' is missing between the words 'whether' and 'not', and that the sentence should read:
>
> In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, whether or not it has first been defined as a variable.

Thanks, now fixed on the emacs-27 branch.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Subject: A minor error in the Elisp manual
From: Jay Bingham <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:45:28 -0500
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

In the Elisp manual in section 9.2 Defining Symbols, the first sentence 
in the third paragraph says:

In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, 
whether not it has first been defined as a variable.

I believe that the word 'or' is missing between the words 'whether' and 
'not', and that the sentence should read:

In principle, you can assign a variable value to any symbol with setq, 
whether or not it has first been defined as a variable.

Sincerely,
J C Bingham
    - Georgetown, TX USA -
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