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| author | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> | 2020-02-13 15:01:28 -0500 |
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| committer | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> | 2020-02-13 15:01:28 -0500 |
| commit | 4d8d25d6417d3ac64627a44571cf63feb7abe44f (patch) | |
| tree | 76f0200e7cbfd8e682f7e931f86b8bfafebdd74a | |
| parent | 9f6a4bbcc96bef451c75a8a78e442dec87a0ddf0 (diff) | |
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* doc/lispref/variables.texi (special-variable-p): Clarify limits
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/variables.texi b/doc/lispref/variables.texi index 1e357754abe..35eb4d59fb0 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/variables.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/variables.texi @@ -1229,6 +1229,10 @@ This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{symbol} is a special variable (i.e., it has a @code{defvar}, @code{defcustom}, or @code{defconst} variable definition). Otherwise, the return value is @code{nil}. + +Note that since this is a function, it can only return +non-@code{nil} for variables which are permanently special, but not +for those that are only special in the current lexical scope. @end defun The use of a special variable as a formal argument in a function is |