Re: "*" in variable names

[Stefan Monnier]

> There was some clarification of "*" in variable names recently, but
> the "Tips" node of the Emacs Lisp Reference manual wasn't updated. Is
> the text below really correct?  Doesn't Emacs use a convention of
> choosing variable names that begin with "*" sometimes?

I don't think so.  The only use of `*' with variables that I can
think of is when you start the docstring with a `*', but that
has nothing to do with the variable's name.


        Stefan