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On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:25:33 -0400, "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu> wrote:

> I think that defvaralias should be extended to allow a docstring
> (like I just did for defalias) and that the documentation should
> be taken either from this docstring or (if there isn't any) from
> the alias (as is done for functions).

OK, done.

BTW, defalias' documentation does not mention the DOCSTRING argument.


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