From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc string of `local-variable-if-set-p' Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:23:49 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20041014.014802.38725803.jet@gyve.org> <20041014.022254.179728295.jet@gyve.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1097692247 17251 80.91.229.6 (13 Oct 2004 18:30:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:30:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Masatake YAMATO , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 13 20:30:38 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CHntW-0005rV-00 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:30:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CHo0Z-0006BO-Uh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:37:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CHo0T-0006BA-5q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:37:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CHo0S-0006AJ-3q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:37:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CHo0S-0006AG-1N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:37:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=Cantor.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CHnt4-0001nO-Vm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:30:11 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.suse.de (hermes-ext.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87839D57521; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:23:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Stefan X-Yow: Put FIVE DOZEN red GIRDLES in each CIRCULAR OPENING!! In-Reply-To: (Stefan's message of "Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:35:50 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28363 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28363 Stefan writes: >> (1) Non-nil if VARIABLE will be local in buffer BUFFER if it is set th= ere. > > It may not be the clearest way to say it, but it sounds correct to me. > If I add parentheses to help parsing: > > Non-nil if (VARIABLE will be local in buffer BUFFER if it is set ther= e) > > I.e. in the case that VARIABLE is set in BUFFER, the VARIABLE will be l= ocal > iff the function returns non-nil. Maybe it becomes clearer when the second if is replaced by when. Something like this: Non-nil if VARIABLE becomes local in buffer BUFFER when set there. Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany Key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."