From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25292: Ambiguity in doc string of defvar Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:35:07 +0200 Message-ID: <83mvfetqx0.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20161229181838.GB2531@acm.fritz.box> <83r34qtwqs.fsf@gnu.org> <20161229194238.GA3387@acm.fritz.box> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1483043784 15189 195.159.176.226 (29 Dec 2016 20:36:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:36:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25292@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 29 21:36:18 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQm-000293-Gi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 21:36:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37197 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQr-0006an-C7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:36:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36986) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQi-0006Zf-VK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:36:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQf-0004VK-TC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:36:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44016) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQf-0004VD-PF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:36:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQf-0005qC-Iz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:36:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:36:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25292 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25292-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25292.148304373522417 (code B ref 25292); Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:36:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25292) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Dec 2016 20:35:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59415 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQF-0005pV-H3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:35:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45761) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQE-0005pJ-Jq for 25292@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:35:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQ6-00049V-A6 for 25292@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:35:29 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:58440) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQ6-00049M-6B; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:35:26 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1556 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cMhQ3-00025c-EB; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:35:25 -0500 In-reply-to: <20161229194238.GA3387@acm.fritz.box> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:42:38 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:127561 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:42:38 +0000 > Cc: 25292@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Alan Mackenzie > > If SYMBOL's value is void and the optional argument INITVALUE is > provided, INITVALUE is evaluated and the result used to set SYMBOL. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "...to set SYMBOL's value." > If SYMBOL is buffer-local, its default value is what is set; > buffer-local values are not affected. If INITVALUE is missing, > SYMBOL's value is not set. > > What do you think? Other than that, LGTM, thanks.