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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2000-01-21 03:42:21 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2000-01-21 03:42:21 +0000
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@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ Therefore, you can use @code{intern-soft} to test whether a symbol with
a given name is already interned. If @var{obarray} is omitted, the
value of the global variable @code{obarray} is used.
+The argument @var{name} may also be a symbol; in that case,
+the function returns @var{name} if @var{name} is interned
+in the specified obarray, and otherwise @code{nil}.
+
@smallexample
(intern-soft "frazzle") ; @r{No such symbol exists.}
@result{} nil