From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: 25292@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25292: Ambiguity in doc string of defvar
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:29:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83r34qtwqs.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161229181838.GB2531@acm.fritz.box> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Thu, 29 Dec 2016 18:18:38 +0000)
> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 18:18:38 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> INITVALUE is evaluated, and if SYMBOL's value is void, it is used to
> set SYMBOL. ^^
That "it" is ambiguous. By default, people tend to interpret "it" as
referring to the last noun before it, but that's not what you mean in
this case.
And after all that, are you sure INITVALUE is always evaluated?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-29 18:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-29 18:18 bug#25292: Ambiguity in doc string of defvar Alan Mackenzie
2016-12-29 18:29 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-12-29 19:42 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-12-29 20:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-29 20:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-12-30 7:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-30 9:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-12-30 9:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
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