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diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c index b94712d4579..0380b115195 100644 --- a/src/eval.c +++ b/src/eval.c @@ -704,10 +704,11 @@ can be referred to by the Emacs help facilities and other programming tools. The `defvar' form also declares the variable as \"special\", so that it is always dynamically bound even if `lexical-binding' is t. -The optional argument INITVALUE is evaluated, and used to set SYMBOL, -only if SYMBOL's value is void. If SYMBOL is buffer-local, its -default value is what is set; buffer-local values are not affected. -If INITVALUE is missing, SYMBOL's value is not set. +If SYMBOL's value is void and the optional argument INITVALUE is +provided, INITVALUE is evaluated and the result used to set SYMBOL's +value. If SYMBOL is buffer-local, its default value is what is set; +buffer-local values are not affected. If INITVALUE is missing, +SYMBOL's value is not set. If SYMBOL has a local binding, then this form affects the local binding. This is usually not what you want. Thus, if you need to |