From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 44141@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44141: 26.3; doc of `default-boundp' and "void" variable values
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:20:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87360f5d68.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a408cf68-fb91-4ad6-91ce-cb48b4125a51@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:46:06 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The doc of `default-boundp' could be improved by saying explicitly what
> it means for a symbol's default value to be "void". This is not done
> anywhere, AFAICT - "void" is undefined. And for Lisp, especially,
> there's some risk of confusion with the value `nil'.
>
> 1. The Elisp manual is pretty good on `default-boundp', but saying
> something about what "void" means would help.
I think "void" should be clear enough for somebody reading the lispref
manual.
> 2. The doc string is not so helpful - you really need to read the short
> paragraph in the manual to understand it, I think. Consider beefing up
> the doc string with something like what is said in the manual - it's
> short and explanatory.
Yeah, the doc string is somewhat incomprehensible. I've now clarified
in Emacs 28.
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2020-10-22 15:46 bug#44141: 26.3; doc of `default-boundp' and "void" variable values Drew Adams
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