Re: Documentation not clear for the Lisp function set-variable

[Yoni Rabkin]

On 6/20/05, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
> How about this doc string?
> 
> (defun set-variable (var val &optional make-local)
>   "Set VARIABLE to VALUE.  VALUE is a Lisp object.
> VARIABLE should be a user option variable name, a Lisp variable
> meant to be customized by users.  You should enter VALUE in Lisp syntax,
> so if you want VALUE to be a string, you must surround it with doublequotes.
> VALUE is used literally, not evaluated.

[Snip]

I think that the above is a good doc string. The doc string states
clearly what VARIABLE is supposed to be.

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