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A minor error in the Elisp manual

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Message #10 received at 42591-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Jay Bingham <binghamjc <at> msn.com>
Cc: 42591-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42591: A minor error in the Elisp manual
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:43:06 +0200

Jay Bingham <binghamjc <at> msn.com> 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

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