GNU bug report logs - #6644
`describe-variable' misses on certain permanent-locals [PATCH] (putative)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:15:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
Cc: 6644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6644: `describe-variable' misses on certain permanent-locals [PATCH] (putative)
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:42:31 +0800

MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com> writes:

> As currently written `describe-variable' will, for certain variables,
> only inform if a variable is permanently local when it is set to have
> a local value in current-buffer.
>
> This happens for example with `kill-buffer-hook' which _is_ a
> permanent-local. And in thes situations, `describe-variable' (and by
> proxy "*Help*") can not tell us if a variable is permanent-local
> unless the docstring explicitly states as such.

Thanks.  I committed a slightly different fix than what you suggested.
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