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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2007-01-02 20:58:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2007-01-02 20:58:29 +0000 |
| commit | babe03d6a9bb1376a6ab6461507b4a00c0763902 (patch) | |
| tree | 0edef75db1e5e063d13700518b05ca093db2854e /lispref/variables.texi | |
| parent | 9e7166c8f4aae07168728e9c6af1777def473a7c (diff) | |
| download | emacs-babe03d6a9bb1376a6ab6461507b4a00c0763902.tar.gz | |
(Variable Aliases): Clarify that aliases vars always have the same value.
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| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/variables.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/variables.texi b/lispref/variables.texi index a2fe4df4da1..a10a157af1b 100644 --- a/lispref/variables.texi +++ b/lispref/variables.texi @@ -1777,9 +1777,11 @@ compatibility. You can do this with @code{defvaralias}. @defun defvaralias new-alias base-variable &optional docstring This function defines the symbol @var{new-alias} as a variable alias -for symbol @var{base-variable}. This means that retrieving the value of -@var{new-alias} returns the value of @var{base-variable}, and changing the -value of @var{new-alias} changes the value of @var{base-variable}. +for symbol @var{base-variable}. This means that retrieving the value +of @var{new-alias} returns the value of @var{base-variable}, and +changing the value of @var{new-alias} changes the value of +@var{base-variable}. The two aliased variable names always share the +same value and the same bindings. If the @var{docstring} argument is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the documentation for @var{new-alias}; otherwise, the alias gets the same |