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28.2; Doc of `defalias'

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Message #16 received at 60432-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 60432-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#60432: 28.2; Doc of `defalias'
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 17:03:14 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>,  60432 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 09:38:37 -0500
> 
> It can also be a "special form" (e.g. what you have in (symbol-function
> 'if)), or a keymap, or a symbol (alias) or a vector or string (kdb
> macro).
> 
> Of course, it can also be any other kind of value, tho in that case
> it'll only be useful if the symbol is treated in an ad-hoc manner
> elsewhere, since "normal" use (such as evaluating something of the form
> `(SYMBOL ...) or adding SYMBOL as the command to use in a keymap) would
> then lead to an error.

Thanks, I updated the manual with this information, and I'm closing
the bug.

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