From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, 41026@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41026: Improve documentation of `makunbound' and `fmakunbound'
Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 18:41:15 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83d07ms5t0.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lfma4c25.fsf@stefankangas.se> (message from Stefan Kangas on Sat, 02 May 2020 17:00:02 +0200)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 17:00:02 +0200
> Cc: 41026@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>
> > On Mai 02 2020, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> >
> >> + doc: /* Make variable SYMBOL's value be void.
> >
> > What's a variable symbol? Is that the same as a varying symbol?
>
> The sentence is a bit unwieldy to get right, if you also want to
> include the word "variable". Is this clearer?
>
> "Make the value of the variable named SYMBOL be void."
I think the ELisp manual gets it right:
Empty out the value cell of SYMBOL, making it void as a variable.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-02 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-02 13:53 bug#41026: Improve documentation of `makunbound' and `fmakunbound' Stefan Kangas
2020-05-02 14:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 14:17 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-02 14:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 20:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-02 21:12 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-05-02 21:30 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-04 3:06 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-04 7:31 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-05-04 12:52 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-04 13:05 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-05-03 14:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 20:07 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-02 14:55 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-05-02 15:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-02 15:41 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-05-02 20:22 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-03 3:43 ` Richard Stallman
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