From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 56863-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56863: 28.1; "internal variable" in doc
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 20:03:23 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83wnbr28x0.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB54888308ABF94867F2035030F39B9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Sun, 31 Jul 2022 20:17:58 +0000)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 20:17:58 +0000
>
> (defvar foo 50)
> (defvaralias 'fill-column 'foo)
>
> --> Error "Cannot make an internal variable an alias"
>
> The error msg should show the name of the variable in question.
I added the name to the message.
> But the real bug is that "internal variable" isn't clear/defined.
I made it say "built-in" instead of "internal".
Thanks.
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2022-07-31 20:17 bug#56863: 28.1; "internal variable" in doc Drew Adams
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