From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: defvaralias Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 20:32:14 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200505070132.j471WEV20931@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200505060142.j461gYF08458@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <17018.62209.92386.375984@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <200505061456.j46EuMh11458@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <17020.6078.335703.434592@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115429283 24981 80.91.229.2 (7 May 2005 01:28:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 01:28:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 07 03:28:02 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUE6l-0001O9-4U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 03:27:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUEEa-0003At-6k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 21:36:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DUECv-0002f9-Bw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 21:34:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DUECo-0002aJ-ET for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 21:34:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUECn-0002Xm-7s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 21:34:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DUEGi-0002va-83 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 21:38:12 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j471Wbog001444; Fri, 6 May 2005 20:32:37 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j471WEV20931; Fri, 6 May 2005 20:32:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: nickrob@snap.net.nz In-reply-to: <17020.6078.335703.434592@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (message from Nick Roberts on Sat, 7 May 2005 13:19:58 +1200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:36790 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36790 Nick Roberts wrote: I mean: (defvar var2 "DOC2") (defvaralias 'var1 'var2) Of course, but I did a prior (defvar var1 "DOC1") to give var1 a docstring. Apart from that the (defvar var1 "DOC1") is really bad. A defvaralias form, like a defalias form, constitutes a definition and one should not define var1 twice with different definitions. But how else do I give var1 a prior docstring other than manually manipulating the variable-documentation property of var1 before doing the defvaralias, which I should not be doing either? Sincerely, Luc.