From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: defvaralias Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 11:11:32 -0400 Message-ID: <871x8jgjg7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> 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> <200505070132.j471WEV20931@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115482296 14182 80.91.229.2 (7 May 2005 16:11:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 16:11:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 07 18:11:34 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DURsa-000795-EI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 18:10:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUS0X-0004U9-9Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 12:18:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DURmO-00044p-TZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 12:03:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DURkH-00036X-Iy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 12:01:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DURZa-0007Zm-1z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 11:50:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.54] (helo=tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DUR3M-0001zb-2V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 11:17:16 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.48.80.224]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050507151133.CWZQ26102.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Sat, 7 May 2005 11:11:33 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EF23FD72FE; Sat, 7 May 2005 11:11:32 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200505070132.j471WEV20931@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (Luc Teirlinck's message of "Fri, 6 May 2005 20:32:14 -0500 (CDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:36815 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36815 > (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? What's wrong with (defvaralias 'var1 'var2 "var1 docstring") ? Stefan